Great Smeaton Academy Primary School, Northallerton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Great Smeaton is a tight-knit community where your child will feel genuinely cared for and safe. The school is particularly skilled at supporting children with additional needs, ensuring they thrive alongside their peers. Outdoor learning and enrichment activities like enterprise projects and community visits help children develop confidence, teamwork skills, and a real understanding of the world around them.
Key Strengths
- Caring, welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and develop strong relationships with staff
- Excellent support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, with full inclusion in school life
- Well-designed curriculum matched to mixed-age classes that helps pupils achieve their best
- Strong focus on wider development including British values, online safety, and community responsibility
- Pupils demonstrate respect, good manners, and positive attitudes to learning
Areas for Improvement
- Writing curriculum is new and inconsistently implemented - small steps to success not always clear to pupils
- Pupils have fewer opportunities to revisit and strengthen their writing skills
- Handwriting errors are not consistently identified and corrected, leading to repeated mistakes
- Need for more consistent approach to handwriting style across the school
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with the school successfully creating an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Outdoor learning sessions, enterprise projects (stationery tuck shop), school council, mini police roles, school visits to Buddhist temples, emergency services workshops, breakfast club, wraparound childcare
Great Smeaton Academy Primary School is a caring and welcoming small school where pupils feel safe and proud to be part of the community. The school has maintained the standards from its previous good rating and continues to have high expectations for pupil achievement and behaviour.
At a Glance
16.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
14 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
2024/25 academic year
Class Sizes
14.5
Avg class size
8.0
Infant (KS1)
21.0
KS2
2
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
34%
Available places
24 pupils
70 capacity
46 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Northallerton
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Northallerton
Admissions Demand - North Yorkshire
Places available
7,282
Applications
5,050
Got 1st preference
94.4%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across North Yorkshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(7)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.9637%
Overall absence
3.33333%
Persistent absence
30
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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