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Bacon Garth Primary School

Primary · Cottingham · HU16 5BP

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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: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 June 2024

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At a glance

235 pupils · 100% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.bacongarth.co.uk
URN
117875

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 26 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.487 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Good on 18 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. 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

26 places offered · 25 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. Places by distance, last offered at 1.487 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 1.487 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
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
Ludgershall Castle Primary SchoolAndover · 181 miles awayGood43%
East Wittering Community Primary SchoolChichester · 209 miles awayGood59%
Lyminster Primary SchoolLittlehampton · 204 miles awayGood50%
Upton Priory SchoolMacclesfield · 79 miles awayGood63%
Greatwood Community Primary SchoolSkipton · 66 miles awayGood77%
Kexborough Primary SchoolBarnsley · 48 miles awayNo current grade57%
Collaton St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolPaignton · 268 miles awayExpected standard73%
St Peter's CofE Primary School ChorleyChorley · 90 miles awayExpected standard62%
Whitegate End Primary and Nursery SchoolOldham · 73 miles awayGood39%
Lowton Junior and Infant SchoolWarrington · 90 miles awayGood56%
Grove Lea Primary SchoolPontefract · 40 miles awayOutstanding77%
Dover Park Primary SchoolRyde, Isle of Wight · 213 miles awayGood73%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (East Riding of Yorkshire 89%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (East Riding of Yorkshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (East Riding of Yorkshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 4%) · other groups together 2%

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)
7.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.86 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
29.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.2 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 £53,164; 36.4% 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£7,006
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £271,885; in-year balance +£76,751

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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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health34.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier46.6%62.3%
Social housing41.7%17.1%
Privately rented11.1%20.5%
Detached houses1.2%22.9%
Flats40.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01012963 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£225,000342 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£160,000–£290,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (60)£323,500
Semi-detached (150)£250,000
Terraced (75)£172,500
Flat (57)£110,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

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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