Yorke Mead Primary School

Yorke Mead Primary School is performing exceptionally well across all areas. Pupils are happy, safe and highly motivated, and they achieve consistently high standards from the early years through to Year 6. The school’s ambitious and well-structured curriculum, expert teaching and strong focus on reading and phonics help all pupils, including those with SEND, learn very well and leave well prepared for secondary school. Behaviour and attitudes are exemplary, and pupils show exceptionally high levels of respect, independence and focus. Personal development is a clear strength: pupils take on meaningful responsibilities, develop confidence discussing sensitive issues and benefit from a strong sense of community. Leadership and governance are highly effective, with mutually supportive staff, well-informed governors and strong parental confidence. The inspection was a graded section 5 inspection; under the arrangements for inspections from September 2024, the school did not receive an overall effectiveness grade. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and inspectors identified no significant areas for improvement.

Strengths

• Ambitious, broad and well-sequenced curriculum across all year groups
• Expert teaching that breaks down complex concepts and builds strong pupil recall
• Consistently high standards of achievement throughout the curriculum
• Highly effective SEND provision with strong teamwork and precise adaptations
• Expertly delivered phonics and a strong reading culture from early years
• Exemplary pupil behaviour, respect and focus in lessons
• Strong personal development programme fostering responsibility and community
• Exceptionally effective leadership, governance and staff teamwork
• Early years provision that builds independence and routines exceptionally quickly
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Yorke Mead Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at Yorke Mead Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Yorke Mead Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.1% of pupils at Yorke Mead Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Yorke Mead Primary School received £6,726 and spent £6,826 for each of its 435 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £352,000 (£810 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Yorke Mead Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Yorke Mead Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Yorke Mead Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Yorke Mead Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Yorke Mead Primary School have?

Yorke Mead Primary School has 441 pupils on roll.

What age range does Yorke Mead Primary School cover?

Yorke Mead Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Yorke Mead Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Yorke Mead Primary School?

Yorke Mead Primary School is at Dulwich Way, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3PX.