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Nafferton Primary School

Primary · Driffield · YO25 4LJ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 May 2022

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At a glance

294 pupils · 109% of 270 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.naffertonprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
117858

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 58 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 1.29 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.762 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Good on 24 May 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.29 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 58 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 1.762 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.762 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers71%
East Riding of Yorkshire average58.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Hook Norton Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 146 miles awayGood71%
Greenside Primary SchoolPudsey · 54 miles awayGood62%
Auckley Primary AcademyDoncaster · 44 miles awayGood79%
Maple Tree Primary SchoolSandy · 130 miles awayGood71%
Reepham Primary SchoolNorwich · 107 miles awayGood77%
Bloxham Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 144 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Cragside CofE Controlled Primary SchoolCramlington · 87 miles awayExpected standard71%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 109 miles awayExpected standard47%
Edith Moorhouse Primary SchoolCarterton · 164 miles awayGood47%
St Anne's Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 198 miles awayNo current grade58%
Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary SchoolCHORLEY · 94 miles awayGood81%
Blue Coat CofE Primary SchoolWotton-under-Edge · 184 miles awayGood71%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 98% (East Riding of Yorkshire 89%, England 60%) · Any other White background 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 4%, England 7%) · 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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% 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)

53.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.1 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 £49,489; 11.1% 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£6,253
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£71,803; in-year balance -£85,468

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.2%62.3%
Social housing3.5%17.1%
Privately rented12.3%20.5%
Detached houses61.3%22.9%
Flats0.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012984 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£209,000106 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£174,000–£290,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (37)£312,000
Semi-detached (50)£184,000
Terraced (19)£180,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of 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
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a 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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