Foston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · York · YO60 7QB
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 15 January 2020
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58 pupils · 97% of 60 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 11.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.6% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.fostonschool.org/
- URN
- 121492
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place3 places offered · 3 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.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
7 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
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)
45% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 55% moved to another state school
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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 15 October 2024: S5 Inspection
- 15 January 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 1 December 2015: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Sheriff Hutton Primary School
- Welburn Community Primary School
- Terrington Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Sand Hutton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy
- Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School
- Warthill Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Slingsby Community Primary School