Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary School

Primary · York · YO26 8DE

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 25 May 2023

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At a glance

58 pupils · 69% of 84 capacity

School type: Voluntary controlled school
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 8.6% of pupils
English as additional language: 5.1% of pupils
SEN support: 5.1% of pupils
EHC plan: 5.1% of pupils
Website: http://www.kirkhammerton.n-yorks.sch.uk/
URN: 121572

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.78 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 7 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

58%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

108

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

104

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)

5.1%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

12.8%

England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

13.8

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 31% 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

25 May 2023: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)
24 April 2018: Good (graded inspection)
3 October 2016: Not taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement (ungraded inspection)
13 April 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

Green Hammerton Church of England Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 0.8 mi
Tockwith Church of England Primary AcademyGood · Primary · 2.3 mi
Nun Monkton Primary Foundation SchoolExpected standard · Primary · 2.8 mi
Long Marston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.8 mi
Linton-on-Ouse Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.9 mi
Great Ouseburn Community Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.9 mi
Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 5.3 mi
Deighton Gates Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 5.5 mi

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