Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School
Ofsted: OutstandingCommunity school · Primary
Thirsk · YO7 3DL · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS233%
- Absence3.2%
- FSM13.0%
- Demand1.00
1.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 121487
Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Thirsk · YO7 3LN
Ages 3–11 · 97 pupils · North Yorkshire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
62%
Overall absence
4.2%
Admissions demand
0.87 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2019-11-27
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)62%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.3%
Unauthorised0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 3.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 84
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.87 · Often has places
1st preferences
13
Places offered
15
1st-preference offers
13
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 32
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 15
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill92%
97 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 97
- Boys / girls
- 53 / 44
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 97 / 105 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 17%
- FSM pupils
- 15
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of York
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katey Lacey
Location
- Address
- Grange Close, Dishforth
- Postcode
- YO7 3LN
- Town
- Thirsk
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, 97 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 17%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of York.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Topcliffe CofE Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Thirsk · YO7 3RG · North Yorkshire
Ages 2–11
- KS276%
- Absence2.6%
- FSM9.3%
- Demand1.00
2.4 miles away
Other independent school
Thirsk · YO7 3BZ · North Yorkshire
Ages 2–16
- Att864.4
- EM5+65%
2.0 miles away
Other independent school
YO61 2RW · North Yorkshire
Ages 2–16
- Att850.8
- EM5+62%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katey Lacey
- Telephone
- 01845577206