Snaith Primary School

Snaith Primary School is an exceptional community primary school where pupils love attending and thrive as confident, well-rounded individuals. The inspection found outstanding provision in every key judgement: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. Pupils' behaviour is exemplary, relationships are highly positive, and by Year 6 pupils achieve well above national expectations. Reading is central to the curriculum, the early years gives children a strong start, and disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are supported to learn the same curriculum as their peers. Leadership is highly effective and ambitious, with no complacency and a strong determination to improve further. The curriculum is coherently designed across subjects, teachers use assessment well, and pupils produce work of an exceptionally high standard. Personal development is promoted exceptionally well through a wide range of opportunities, responsibilities, trips and older pupils supporting younger pupils. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school was previously exempt from routine inspection because it was judged outstanding in 2017, and it received an ungraded section 8 inspection in May 2024. This June 2025 inspection was graded under section 5, but since September 2024 schools have not been awarded an overall effectiveness grade. No areas for improvement were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across the curriculum
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and attitudes to learning
• Exceptional personal development provision
• Highly effective and ambitious leadership with no complacency
• Strong early years provision that prepares children well for Year 1
• Reading is central to the curriculum and taught very effectively
• Pupils achieve well above national expectations by Year 6
• High-quality pastoral care helps pupils manage feelings and stay safe
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are well supported to achieve
• Pupils produce work of an exceptionally high standard
• Extensive opportunities broaden pupils' horizons and build responsibility
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Governors provide strong scrutiny and take statutory duties seriously
• Staff feel well supported and workload is considered

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 Snaith Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.1% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Snaith Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Snaith Primary School had 22.6 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, 9.5% of pupils at Snaith Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Snaith Primary School received £6,800 and spent £6,780 for each of its 325 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £7,000 (-£21 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 Snaith Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Snaith Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Snaith Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Snaith Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Snaith Primary School have?

Snaith Primary School has 338 pupils on roll.

What age range does Snaith Primary School cover?

Snaith Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Snaith Primary School?

Snaith Primary School is at Bourn Mill Balk Rd, Snaith, Goole, East Yorkshire, DN14 9RD.