Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

North YorkshireLocal Authority

Scarborough and WhitbyConstituency

YO12 4HFPostcode

1.8

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 180 pupils. Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy is part of The David Ross Education Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 15 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 83%
Higher standard: 13%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

13%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

180

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 180
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: The David Ross Education Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
20 Mar 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
20 Jul 2020	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.