Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School, Northallerton

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Increasingly, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Absence is rare."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have made considerable improvements to the school's curriculum over time."

Early years - Expected standard. "The curriculum in the early years is carefully considered."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders identify pupils' needs quickly and accurately."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a precise understanding of the school's strengths and areas for development."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development programme, including what pupils are taught in personal, social and health education (PSHE), and relationships and sex education and health education, is very appropriate."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that staff consistently adapt the curriculum and teaching methods so that they meet pupils' needs and build effectively on what pupils already know and can do. • Leaders should ensure that improvements in teaching enable pupils to develop deep, secure knowledge across all subjects within the curriculum, leading to consistently high standards of achievement in all subjects".

In 2025, 100% of Year 6 pupils at Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in North Yorkshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 83% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 6 families put Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 13 named it as one of their preferences, for 6 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School are Romanby Primary School (2.1 miles, Good, 80% reading, 76% maths); Leeming RAF Community Primary School (2.4 miles, Good, 70% reading, 65% maths); Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy (2.5 miles, Good, 81% reading, 63% maths); and Broomfield School (2.5 miles).

Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School is one of 15 schools run by Dales Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

23 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School (as of April 2026): 74% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (91%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (52%).

12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 11 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Northallerton Rail Station, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cromwell Drive (w-bound), 190 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1 crime within a mile of the school, most often criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9).

In 2024/25, Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 2.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.