Newby and Scalby Academy, Scarborough

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils at Newby and Scalby Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in North Yorkshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 77% in reading and 77% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 60 families put Newby and Scalby Academy as their first choice and 115 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Newby and Scalby Academy are Barrowcliff School (0.4 miles, Good, 52% reading, 42% maths); St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy (0.7 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, 80% reading, 78% maths); and Gladstone Road Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 82% reading, 76% maths).

Newby and Scalby Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Newby and Scalby Academy is one of 64 schools run by Delta Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

114 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Newby and Scalby Academy (as of September 2025): 68% would recommend the school, 83% say their child is happy there and 54% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (54%).

2.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 39 pupils (9.6%) received SEN support and 18 (4.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Scarborough Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Greenstead Road (opposite), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Newby and Scalby Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 103 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Newby and Scalby Academy issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Newby and Scalby Academy are Scalby Academy (0.2 miles), Graham School (0.8 miles), St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy (1.4 miles) and Scarborough University Technical College (1.7 miles).