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Warter Church of England Primary School

Primary · York · YO42 1XR

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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 3 July 2024

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At a glance

167 pupils · 106% of 157 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
3.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.warterschool.eriding.net/
URN
117996

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3.782 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2025 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 3 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 19 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 3.782 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3.782 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers75.5%
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
Gretton Primary AcademyCorby · 97 miles awayGood (2016)83%
Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough · 87 miles awayOutstanding79%
Eaton Primary SchoolTarporley · 97 miles awayGood72%
Goostrey Community Primary SchoolNear Crewe · 84 miles awayExpected standard86%
Geddington Church of England Primary SchoolKettering · 104 miles awayGood72%
Congerstone Primary SchoolNuneaton · 95 miles awayGood52%
Lindhead SchoolScarborough · 28 miles awayGood23%
Cheapside CofE Primary SchoolAscot · 174 miles awayGood70%
Delamere CofE Primary AcademyTarporley · 96 miles awayOutstanding96%
Kimpton, Thruxton and Fyfield Church of England Primary SchoolAndover · 192 miles awayGood48%
Lympne Church of England Primary SchoolHythe · 211 miles awayStrong standard88%
Woodborough Church of England Primary SchoolPewsey · 186 miles awayGood82%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (East Riding of Yorkshire 89%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (East Riding of Yorkshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (East Riding of Yorkshire 1%, England 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)
3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.23 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
27.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

62% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 38% 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)

12.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 75 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 £51,762; 16.7% 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£7,009
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£61,471; in-year balance -£21,730

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier54.6%62.3%
Social housing5.7%17.1%
Privately rented39.8%20.5%
Detached houses52.9%22.9%
Flats3.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013119 · how to read area figures

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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