Primary · YO21 · Whitby

St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

Egton Bridge, Whitby, YO21 1UX

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NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)92%
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityBelow published capacity
Pupils15

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jan 2025): no overall grade. Quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.

Report published 5 Mar 2025.

Inspection history

  • Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in YO21. Where we have them, council (Scarborough) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
15
Free school meals
15.4%
1.4% above district average (14%)

Also: England 24.7%

SEN
37.5%
22.4% above district average (15.1%)

Also: England 18.2%

EAL
18.8%
15.4% above district average (3.4%)
Attendance
92% Autumn and spring 2024/25
2% below district average (94%)

Also: England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the YO21 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

23.5%

10.2% above England (13.3%)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 5 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
5
First-preference offers
5
First preferences offered a place
100%
Total offers
5
Named on any preference
11

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Below published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
51
Pupils on roll
15

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the North Yorkshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
37.5%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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