Best Primary Schools in Thirsk

We checked all 13 primary schools in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, and list every one: 10 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
13
Ranked
10
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 Thirsk. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire also has rankings for Harrogate, Scarborough, Selby, Skipton, Northallerton and all of North Yorkshire.

Ranked primary schools in Thirsk

  1. Rank 1

    Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 96 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    20%
  2. Rank 2

    South Kilvington Church of England Academy

    Academy, 85 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Strong standard
    Expected standard
    92%
    Higher standard
    8%
  3. Rank 3

    Carlton Miniott Primary Academy

    Academy, 196 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    21%
  4. Rank 3

    Topcliffe CofE Academy

    Academy, 116 pupils, inspected April 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    20%
  5. Rank 5

    Knayton Church of England Academy

    Academy, 118 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    21%
  6. Rank 6

    Sowerby Primary Academy

    Academy, 279 pupils, inspected December 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    4%
  7. Rank 7

    Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 97 pupils, inspected November 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    0%
  8. Rank 8

    All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 94 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%
  9. Rank 9

    Sessay Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 79 pupils, inspected January 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    27%
    Higher standard
    0%
  10. Rank 10

    Thirsk Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 122 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    30%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Thirsk without a rank