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Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Primary · Selby · YO8 9HP

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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: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 19 May 2026 · report published 30 June 2026

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At a glance

188 pupils · 90% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.hambleton.n-yorks.sch.uk/
URN
121566

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 41 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.37 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 report-card inspection on 19 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.37 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 41 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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: defined priority area. Inside it, last place at 0.619 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

In catchment
0.619 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
85%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school85%
Median of its 12 closest peers67.5%
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
Stokenham Area Primary SchoolKingsbridge · 264 miles awayGood79%
By Brook Valley CofE Primary SchoolChippenham · 164 miles awayGood66%
Thurlstone Primary SchoolSheffield · 26 miles awayGood37%
Hodnet Primary SchoolMarket Drayton · 86 miles awayGood69%
Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-SchoolTaunton · 209 miles awayGood60%
Broad Chalke CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury · 192 miles awayGood59%
Cherhill CofE SchoolCalne · 165 miles awayGood48%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolLiverpool · 80 miles awayGood68%
Audlem St James' CofE Primary SchoolCrewe · 77 miles awayGood70%
Dean Valley Community Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 51 miles awayGood73%
Hemyock Primary SchoolCullompton · 216 miles awayExpected standard67%
Aston and Cote Church of England Primary SchoolBampton · 142 miles awayGood85%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 100% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · other groups together 0%

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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.62 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
22.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 19.5 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 £49,539; 27.3% 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£6,130
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £144,298; in-year balance +£40,376

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.8%62.3%
Social housing7.1%17.1%
Privately rented6.9%20.5%
Detached houses50.3%22.9%
Flats0.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027893 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£290,00093 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£235,000–£360,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (49)£360,000
Semi-detached (28)£242,000
Terraced (16)£150,000

Homes around this school are cheaper 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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