Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolAiry Hill Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Whitby.

Summary of the comparison

Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School and Airy Hill Primary School are primary schools in Whitby.

  • Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School scores 44 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Airy Hill Primary School scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average). Airy Hill Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was judged the expected standard and Airy Hill Primary School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Airy Hill Primary School (70.0% in 2022-23, 85.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School versus Airy Hill Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WhitbyRuswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitbyAiry Hill Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD44/100C69/100Stronger figure
Local ranking204th of 282 in North Yorkshire 35th of 282 in North Yorkshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll33 189
Capacity105 210
LocationWhitby, YO21 1NJ Whitby, YO21 1PZ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported85.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported10.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census33 189
Free school meals (ever 6)13.3% 31.3%
English as an additional language0.0% 4.2%
SEN support12.1% 9.5%
SEN with an EHC plan0.0% 1.6%
Attendance
Overall absence6.4% 6.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence7.7% Stronger figure16.2% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Airy Hill Primary School

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