South Ferriby Primary School

South Ferriby Primary School has successfully maintained the high standards established during its previous inspection, exemplifying a warm and welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy attending. The school fosters strong relationships and promotes exemplary behavior among students. The curriculum is carefully designed to engage pupils and support their learning effectively, particularly in reading where targeted support is provided to enhance fluency and confidence. Pupils also engage actively with their community, demonstrating responsibility and understanding of safety and healthy relationships.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve very well across the curriculum.
• The school has extremely high aspirations for all pupils.
• Behavior in the school is exemplary.
• Pupils are kindly and considerate towards each other.
• Strong leadership roles for older pupils enhance younger pupils' learning experiences.
• Effective early years provision prepares children well for Year 1.
• The curriculum is engaging and well-delivered.
• Pupils with SEND receive appropriate support to access the curriculum.
• Strong governance supports school improvement.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils’ understanding of different religions and cultures is inaccurate.

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 South Ferriby Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 1.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at South Ferriby 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 South Ferriby Primary School had 18.2 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, 12.9% of pupils at South Ferriby Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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.

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What is South Ferriby Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for South Ferriby Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was South Ferriby Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

South Ferriby Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does South Ferriby Primary School have?

South Ferriby Primary School has 85 pupils on roll.

What age range does South Ferriby Primary School cover?

South Ferriby Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are South Ferriby Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is South Ferriby Primary School?

South Ferriby Primary School is at Horkstow Road, South Ferriby, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, DN18 6HU.