Staynor Hall Primary Academy, Selby

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the staff, governors and pupils of Staynor Hall Community Primary Academy I would like to extend a very warm welcome to you all. I am proud to be the Headteacher of Staynor Hall Community Primary Academy: a school with a family ethos, which places the children’s needs at the heart of everything it does."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:50am and after-school care, from £5.50 per session.

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils at Staynor Hall Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 57% 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 84% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put Staynor Hall Primary Academy as their first choice and 69 named it as one of their preferences, for 41 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Staynor Hall Primary Academy are Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 55% reading, 55% maths); Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 70% reading, 67% maths); Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1 mile, Good, 78% reading, 75% maths); and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (1 mile, Good, 68% reading, 60% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Staynor Hall Primary Academy.

Staynor Hall Primary Academy is one of 26 schools run by Ebor Academy Trust, an academy trust.

44 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Staynor Hall Primary Academy (as of September 2025): 75% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 60% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (60%).

In 2026, 25 pupils (7.6%) received SEN support and 9 (2.7%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Staynor Hall Primary Academy had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Selby Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Playing Fields (adjacent), 200 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 91 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Staynor Hall Primary Academy issued 21 suspensions, 6.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Staynor Hall Primary Academy are Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science (1.2 miles) and Brayton Academy (1.2 miles).