Sessay Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Thirsk · YO7 3NA · North Yorkshire
Ages 5–11
- FSM6.3%
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 121514
Sessay Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Thirsk · YO7 3NA
Ages 5–11 · 92 pupils · North Yorkshire
KS2 expected (RWM)
47%
Overall absence
5.5%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)47%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)12.8%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 78
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
11
Places offered
11
1st-preference offers
11
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 23
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 11
- 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 (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill88%
92 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 92
- Boys / girls
- 47 / 45
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 92 / 105 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 13%
- FSM pupils
- 12
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- 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
- Miss Fiona Bennett
Location
- Address
- Sessay
- Postcode
- YO7 3NA
- Town
- Thirsk
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
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 5–11, in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, 92 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 13%. 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.
Other independent school
YO61 2RW · North Yorkshire
Ages 2–16
- Att850.8
- EM5+62%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Fiona Bennett