Friarage Community Academy
Primary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Requires improvement (Jan 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 30 January 2024, report published 13 March 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around July 2026
The last inspection was in January 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.7 milesGladstone Road Primary School
Good (Jul 2023)
- 1.0 milesScarborough, Northstead Community Primary School
Requires improvement (Feb 2024)
- 1.1 milesSt Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Good (Mar 2024)
- 1.4 milesBarrowcliff School
Good (Jun 2023)
- 1.5 milesThomas Hinderwell Primary Academy
Report card, Nov 2025: 2 strong, 5 expected
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.