Seamer and Irton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.876 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Seamer and Irton Community Primary School is a primary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Seamer and Irton Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.876 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 1.876 miles, nearer than in 2021 and 2020, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- There were 59 first-choice applications for 59 Reception 2026 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 16.2% and there are 26.3 pupils per teacher; across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire the middle figures are 41.7% and 20.9.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Denison Avenue, Seamer, Seamer and Irton Cp School, Scarborough, YO12 4QX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 401 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this welcoming and friendly school.”
- “Pupils and staff build trusting relationships.”
- “Older pupils enjoy the responsibility of supporting younger pupils to socialise at breaktimes.”
To improve
- “However, this ambition is not fully realised.”
- “Although the school has created a curriculum that sets out what pupils should know and remember, pupils do not consistently benefit from high-quality teaching that enables them to build their knowledge.”
- “However, leaders have not ensured that pupils consistently benefit from these changes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 59 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 55 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Yorkshire.
- Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Ayton Community Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cayton Community Primary School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wheatcroft Community Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published