Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School

Primary · York · YO51 9DS

Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 23 June 2026

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At a glance

120 pupils · 80% of 150 capacity

School type: Voluntary controlled school
Age range: 2–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 12.5% of pupils
English as additional language: 2.5% of pupils
SEN support: 13.3% of pupils
EHC plan: 1.7% of pupils
Nursery: Yes
Website: www.kirbyhillprimary.org.uk
URN: 121504

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.77 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 17 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

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

71%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

110

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

107

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

3.2%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

5.9%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

19.1

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

68% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 32% 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

This school£7,910

Typical primary school£6,960

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

21 April 2026: Expected standard (report card inspection)
30 November 2021: Good (graded inspection)
20 May 2021: Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2
4 March 2021: Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2
5 February 2019: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement (ungraded inspection)
23 January 2018: Requires improvement (graded inspection)
6 October 2016: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement (ungraded inspection)
23 February 2016: Requires improvement (graded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Boroughbridge Primary SchoolNeeds attention · Primary · 1.3 mi
Boroughbridge High SchoolRequires improvement · Secondary · 1.5 mi
Dishforth Airfield Community Primary SchoolOutstanding · Primary · 1.7 mi
Roecliffe CofE Primary SchoolExpected standard · Primary · 1.8 mi
Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.0 mi
St Peter's Brafferton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.1 mi
Staveley Community Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.8 mi
Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 3.9 mi

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