East Ayton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
East Ayton Community Primary School is a primary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
East Ayton 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, but a last distance was published for Reception in both earlier years.
- In 2026 for Reception, there were 23 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- 3 Moor Lane, East Ayton, Scarborough, YO13 9EW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “East Ayton Primary School is at the heart of the community.”
- “Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about the opportunities that the school provides for its pupils.”
- “The residential visits and many clubs on offer are well attended and enrich the curriculum pupils receive.”
To improve
- “This is more developed in some subjects than others.”
- “In the less well-developed subjects, further work is required to ensure that lessons are matched fully to leaders’ ambitious aims.”
- “However, pupils’ understanding of different religions and world views is underdeveloped.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 2024 (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) | 59% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 23 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.
- Seamer and Irton Community Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wykeham Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barrowcliff School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newby and Scalby Academy 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gladstone Road Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published