Primary school in Ripon, North Yorkshire
Masham CofE Primary School
Masham, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 4EG
Ofsted
Graded Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 30 January 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
- Places
- 116
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Harrogate 001C, 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
- 32%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 22%
- Households owning their home
- 64%
- Households in social housing
- 18%
- Households with no car
- 17%
- Adults economically inactive
- 47%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- YORKSHIRE CAUSEWAY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Jane Wood
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Masham & Fountains
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- URN
- 151856
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 79% | 2.7 mi |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West TanfieldVoluntary controlled school | Good 2024 | — | 2.8 mi |
| Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 33% | 2.9 mi |
| Snape Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | — | 3.5 mi |
| Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 53% | 3.9 mi |
| North Stainley Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2022 | 0% | 4.4 mi |
| Bedale Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 77% | 5 mi |
| Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 56% | 5.7 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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