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Goldsborough Church of England Primary School

Primary · Knaresborough · HG5 8NJ

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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 19 July 2022

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At a glance

71 pupils · 85% of 84 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
12.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
37.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.goldsboroughprimary.co.uk/
URN
121562

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 16 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 19 July 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.75 first-choice applications per place

16 places offered · 12 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.

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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
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers33%
North Yorkshire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Stoke Row CofE Primary SchoolNr. Henley-on-Thames · 170 miles awayGood33%
Newton Village AcademyBarrow-in-Furness · 72 miles awayNo current grade31%
Plymtree Church of England Primary SchoolCullompton · 234 miles awayGood22%
All Saints CofE Primary School, BednallStafford · 90 miles awayRequires improvement33%
Dean Barwick Primary SchoolGrange-over-Sands · 61 miles awayGood20%
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School PebmarshHalstead · 166 miles awayGood50%
Kings Sutton Primary AcademyBanbury · 137 miles awayGood57%
Thorndon Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 159 miles awayExpected standard82%
Otley Primary SchoolIpswich · 168 miles awayGood33%
Graveley Primary SchoolHitchin · 151 miles awayGood38%
The Newton Community Primary SchoolSt Neots · 134 miles awayGood33%
Grayrigg CofE SchoolKendal · 56 miles awayGood53%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 4% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 4%) · Any other White background 3% (North Yorkshire 3%, England 7%)

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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.8%
England 17.5%

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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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
15.8
England 18.5

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,003; 12.5% 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£9,231
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 10% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £22,137; in-year balance -£1,116

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.6%62.3%
Social housing5.1%17.1%
Privately rented14.3%20.5%
Detached houses56.3%22.9%
Flats2.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027704 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£426,00023 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£307,500–£514,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£562,500
Semi-detached (9)£350,000
Terraced (5)£310,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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

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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