Primary
Sharow Church of England Primary School
Berrygate Lane, Sharow, Ripon, HG4 5BJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 76 of 99 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 8.7
- Pupils per adult
- 9.9
- Pupils
- 86
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections3
February 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
December 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)September 2016
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
31%
25 points below the Ripon average (56% across 11 schools)
105.0
0.8 below the Ripon average (105.8 across 11 schools)
9th of 12 by our score, among the primary schools in Ripon we can score - 13 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 99 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 31% |
| Working at a higher standard | 8% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 57% |
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 99.0 |
Berrygate Lane, Sharow, Ripon, HG4 5BJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
North Yorkshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jacqui Palmer
- Address
- Berrygate Lane, Sharow, Ripon, HG4 5BJ
- Telephone
- 01765604362
Other primary schools nearby
- Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School6.6/10
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School4.4/10
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy7.3/10
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery6.0/10
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone7.5/10
- Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School6.0/10