Best Primary Schools in Scarborough

We checked all 21 primary schools in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and list every one: 18 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
21
Ranked
18
Without a rank
3

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Scarborough. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Scarborough also has 6 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire also has rankings for Harrogate, Selby, Skipton, Northallerton, Whitby and all of North Yorkshire.

Ranked primary schools in Scarborough

  1. Rank 1

    Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy

    Academy, 180 pupils, inspected November 2025

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    19%
  2. Rank 2

    St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Scarborough

    Local authority maintained, 275 pupils, inspected April 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    10%
  3. Rank 3

    St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy

    Academy, 236 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    17%
  4. Rank 4

    Hertford Vale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Staxton

    Local authority maintained, 103 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    5%
  5. Rank 5

    Newby and Scalby Academy

    Academy, 406 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    9%
  6. Rank 6

    East Ayton Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 188 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    10%
  7. Rank 7

    Gladstone Road Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 680 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    1%
  8. Rank 8

    Cayton Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 210 pupils, inspected September 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    3%
  9. Rank 9

    Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 65 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    33%
    Higher standard
    11%
  10. Rank 10

    Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 560 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    5%
  11. Rank 11

    Seamer and Irton Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 401 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    7%
  12. Rank 12

    Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 391 pupils, inspected December 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    3%
  13. Rank 13

    St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy

    Academy, 110 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    42%
    Higher standard
    5%
  14. Rank 14

    Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy

    Academy, 316 pupils, inspected May 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    41%
    Higher standard
    2%
  15. Rank 15

    Barrowcliff School

    Local authority maintained, 219 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    30%
    Higher standard
    3%
  16. Rank 16

    Wheatcroft Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 201 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    36%
    Higher standard
    0%
  17. Rank 17

    Lindhead School

    Local authority maintained, 200 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    23%
    Higher standard
    0%
  18. Rank 18

    Friarage Community Academy

    Academy, 249 pupils, inspected January 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    51%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Scarborough without a rank