Primary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Hackness Church of England Primary School
Hackness, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0JN
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 9 July 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 56
- Places
- 70
- How full
- 80% full — 56 of 70 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 20 / 36
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistently absent
- 25%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 13%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- With an EHC plan
- 4%
- On SEN support
- 15%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Scarborough 004F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 40%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 12%
- Households owning their home
- 79%
- Households in social housing
- 1%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 46%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ELEVATE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Head Teacher: Rowena Thorp
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Derwent Valley & Moor
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby
- URN
- 150395
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindhead SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 23% | 3 mi |
| Newby and Scalby AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 63% | 3.1 mi |
| Barrowcliff SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 30% | 3.4 mi |
| East Ayton Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 59% | 3.7 mi |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 63% | 3.7 mi |
| Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Requires improvement 2024 | 64% | 3.8 mi |
| Gladstone Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 69% | 4.3 mi |
| Wykeham Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2023 | — | 4.5 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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