Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy is a primary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026; places ran out in 1 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- There are 15.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Of its pupils, 41.7% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 34% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
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
- Seamer Road, Scarborough, YO12 4HF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 18 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school belong to a warm and inclusive community.”
- “Staff greet them by name each morning and make sure they feel noticed and welcomed.”
- “Children in the early years settle quickly because adults teach routines clearly and build trusting relationships.”
To improve
- “However, teaching in some wider curriculum subjects does not always help pupils to think deeply or to remember important knowledge.”
- “However, in the wider curriculum, teachers do not use assessment consistently well to inform and adapt teaching.”
- “Tasks are often heavily structured, which reduces pupils’ independence and flair.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2026 (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) | 77% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Gladstone Road Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Wheatcroft Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Friarage Community Academy 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Barrowcliff School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published