Lythe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Whitby · YO21 3RT
Ages 3–11 · 79 pupils · North Yorkshire
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
38%
Overall absence
5.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-01-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- 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)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 3.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 55
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
79 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 79
- Boys / girls
- 45 / 34
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 79 / 105 (75%)
- Free school meals
- 8.6%
- FSM pupils
- 6
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 3–11
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
- Mr Andrew Wood
Location
- Address
- High Street, Lythe, Lythe CEVC School
- Postcode
- YO21 3RT
- Town
- Whitby
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby
- 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 Whitby, North Yorkshire, 79 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 8.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of York.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Wood
- Telephone
- 01947893373