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Fishergate Primary School

Primary · York · YO10 4AP

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Good

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 14 March 2023

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At a glance

291 pupils · 86% of 340 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
30.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.fishergateschool.com
URN
121277

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.77 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 1.694 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 14 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.77 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · usually has places

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 applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.694 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
York average63.8%
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
Coupals Primary AcademyHaverhill · 144 miles awayGood77%
Norwood Primary & Pre-SchoolEastleigh · 206 miles awayRequires improvement66%
Park Way Primary SchoolMaidstone · 198 miles awayGood53%
Oldfield Brow Primary SchoolAltrincham · 66 miles awayGood69%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolStafford · 89 miles awayGood73%
John Clifford Primary SchoolNottingham · 71 miles awayGood47%
The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, LancasterLancaster · 70 miles awayGood (2016)80%
Churchfield Church of England AcademyWaltham Cross · 161 miles awayNo current grade55%
Framwellgate Moor Primary SchoolDurham · 62 miles awayOutstanding87%
New Invention Learning AcademyWillenhall · 101 miles awayStrong standard79%
Prospect Vale Primary SchoolCheadle · 62 miles awayGood65%
Langmoor Primary School OadbyLeicester · 94 miles awayExpected standard70%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 60% (York 80%, England 60%) · Any other White background 14% (York 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (York 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 6% (York 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 3% (York 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (York 2%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (York 0%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (York 2%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (York 0%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (York 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (York 1%, England 2%) · 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)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.32 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · York: 3.88 suspensions and 0.01 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
19.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% 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)

61.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 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 £49,201; 10.5% 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£6,890
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£7,498; in-year balance -£47,636

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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 higher37%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier32.6%62.3%
Social housing15.9%17.1%
Privately rented51.5%20.5%
Detached houses2.3%22.9%
Flats44%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van47.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013364 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£310,000641 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£218,000–£408,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£450,000
Semi-detached (57)£400,000
Terraced (332)£355,000
Flat (245)£212,500

Homes around this school are dearer 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
59an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an 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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