Gladstone Road Primary School
Wooler Street, Scarborough, YO12 7DDOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Gladstone Road Primary School is a primary school in Scarborough for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 376 schools in North Yorkshire. It ranks 7th of 18 primary schools in Scarborough. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 3 July 2023, report published 21 September 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 3 July 2023
Pupils at Gladstone Road are happy and are enthusiastic ambassadors for their school. They offer a warm welcome to visitors and speak with real affection about the staff at the school. Some pupils in Year 5 are chosen as well-being ambassadors. They speak very proudly about the support they offer to other pupils across the school. One ambassador told an inspector, 'We look after people if they're ever sad and give them a friend.' Leaders have worked to improve the curriculum across school since the previous inspection. Subject leaders are knowledgeable and passionate about their subjects. They have high expectations of what pupils can achieve. Pupils enjoy a range of educational and residential visits, both locally and further afield. These visits are linked to the learning in school. Year 6 pupils recently returned from an educational visit to London. The school's head pupils talked with enthusiasm about this visit. Behaviour at the school is positive. Pupils and adults consistently display high levels of respect for one another. Bullying is very rare. Where pupils' behaviour falls short of leaders' high expectations, staff take action to address this. Pupils at this school feel safe and know how to stay safe. Staff and parents agree.
What the school should improve
- The implementation of the curriculum is not fully embedded in a small number of foundation subjects. Some of the work given to pupils does not give them sufficient opportunity to achieve the aims and ambitions of the curriculum. Leaders should ensure that they support teachers to implement leaders' full curriculum design with consistency across all subjects.
- Assessment of what pupils have learned is not as strong in some foundation curriculum subjects as it is in others. As a result, the ways that teachers check what knowledge pupils can recall in preparation for future learning is less established in some areas of the curriculum. Leaders should ensure that the systems to check on what pupils have learned accurately inform future learning.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
99 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
680 pupils on roll, with places for 835
Schools near Gladstone Road Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friarage Community Academy | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 51% met the expected standard |
| Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 64% met the expected standard |
| Barrowcliff School | 0.9 miles | Ofsted: Good | 30% met the expected standard |
| Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy | 0.9 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | 77% met the expected standard |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 0.9 miles | Ofsted: Good | 63% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mr Garry Johnson
- Phone
- 01723372566
- Address
- Wooler Street, Scarborough, YO12 7DD
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- URN
- 121319
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.