Poppleton Road Primary School

Primary · York · YO26 4UP

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: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 28 April 2026 · report published 15 June 2026

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At a glance

404 pupils · 91% of 446 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 3–11
Gender: Mixed
Free school meals: 27.5% of pupils
English as additional language: 13.8% of pupils
SEN support: 11.8% of pupils
EHC plan: 3.6% of pupils
Nursery: Yes
Website: http://www.poppletonroadprimary.co.uk
URN: 149648

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

51 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

64%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

12%

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

106

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)

6.7%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

19.4%

England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

23.6

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 12% 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£5,977

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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

28 April 2026: Expected standard (report card inspection)

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

Nearby schools

Carr Junior SchoolGood · Primary · 0.5 mi
Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 0.5 mi
Acomb Primary SchoolOutstanding · Primary · 0.6 mi
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood · Primary · 0.8 mi
St Paul's Nursery SchoolGood · Nursery · 0.8 mi
St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.8 mi
Hob Moor Community Primary AcademyGood · Primary · 0.9 mi
Hob Moor Oaks AcademyGood · Special / other · 0.9 mi

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