Northfield Infant School
Primary · Driffield · YO25 5YN
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 13 March 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
158 pupils · 88% of 180 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2.9% of pupils
- SEN support
- 12.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.5% of pupils
- URN
- 117916
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.92 first-choice applications per place48 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 12 March 2024: School remains Good
- 4 December 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Driffield Junior School
- Driffield School and Sixth Form
- Kings Mill School
- Driffield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School
- Nafferton Primary School
- Garton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School
- Kilham Church of England Voluntary Controlled School