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Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

Primary · Ripon · HG4 2ES

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Needs attention

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: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 February 2026 · report published 11 May 2026

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At a glance

335 pupils · 94% of 356 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
21.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
19.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.htjce.co.uk/
URN
149275

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 1.05 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 24 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. 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

1.05 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
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
Tadpole Farm CofE Primary AcademySwindon · 175 miles awayGood45%
Parkside Primary SchoolGoole · 39 miles awayGood42%
Stoke Hill Junior SchoolExeter · 249 miles awayGood69%
Christ Church CofE (VA) Primary School and NurseryWare · 172 miles awayGood54%
Aldrington CofE Primary SchoolHove · 235 miles awayExpected standard63%
The Willows Primary SchoolNewbury · 190 miles awayStrong standard66%
Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary SchoolCatterick Garrison · 18 miles awayGood38%
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Leamington SpaLeamington Spa · 127 miles awayGood64%
St Stephen's Church of England Junior School, SoundwellBRISTOL · 189 miles awayGood53%
Bourton-on-the-Water Primary SchoolCheltenham · 156 miles awayExpected standard61%
Liden AcademySwindon · 179 miles awayGood61%
Rise Park Junior SchoolRomford · 189 miles awayGood40%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 71% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (North Yorkshire 3%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 4%) · Black African 3% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
8.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.68 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
20
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, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 19 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 £42,551; 11.1% 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 (2024-25)

This school£5,062
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 15% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£76,000; in-year balance -£62,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.2%62.3%
Social housing10.3%17.1%
Privately rented27.4%20.5%
Detached houses26.2%22.9%
Flats29%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027713 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£270,000350 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£175,000–£392,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (82)£450,000
Semi-detached (45)£300,000
Terraced (103)£225,000
Flat (120)£163,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

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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