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Holme-upon-Spalding Moor Primary School

Primary · York · YO43 4HL

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 28 January 2025

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At a glance

221 pupils · 92% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
17.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.holmeprimary.co.uk
URN
117852

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2025; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 28 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every place for 2025 entry went to children who met a higher admission criterion, so distance did not decide any place.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every place for 2025 entry went to children who met a higher admission criterion, so distance did not decide any place.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

25 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
40%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school40%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
East Riding of Yorkshire average58.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Gulval SchoolPenzance · 326 miles awayGood75%
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery SchoolOldham · 61 miles awayGood39%
Bramley Grange Primary SchoolRotherham · 34 miles awayExpected standard74%
West Winch Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 92 miles awayGood50%
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolHorwich, Bolton · 74 miles awayGood56%
Hopton Church of England Primary AcademyGreat Yarmouth · 137 miles awayGood68%
Bransty Primary SchoolWhitehaven · 124 miles awayGood44%
Shade Primary SchoolTodmorden · 55 miles awayGood72%
Lanner Primary SchoolRedruth · 313 miles awayGood83%
The Metheringham Primary SchoolLincoln · 51 miles awayGood54%
Patrington CofE Primary AcademyHull · 33 miles awayGood55%
Hunmanby Primary SchoolFiley · 30 miles awayGood60%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (East Riding of Yorkshire 89%, England 60%) · Any other White background 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.87 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · East Riding of Yorkshire: 2.14 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

21.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 34 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,398; 23.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,284
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£476,799; in-year balance -£60,981

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.9%62.3%
Social housing12.5%17.1%
Privately rented11.2%20.5%
Detached houses37.8%22.9%
Flats1.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013024 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£237,500128 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£187,500–£315,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (69)£300,000
Semi-detached (51)£188,500
Terraced (8)£159,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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