Foston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · York · YO60 7QB
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 15 October 2024
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58 pupils · 97% of 60 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 14.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 11.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.fostonschool.org/
- URN
- 121492
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 3 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 15 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
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.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: York school admissions · North Yorkshire school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
7 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 95% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (North Yorkshire 3%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (North 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Yorkshire: 2.43 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Inspection history since 2015
- 15 October 2024: Good
- 15 January 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 1 December 2015: Yes - improving (good)
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)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 42.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 14.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 39.1% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 9.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 51.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 69.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 6.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 24.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 59.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.5% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 41.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 6.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027797 · 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
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