South Cave Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Church Street
South Cave
Brough
HU15 2EP
Phone 01430422526
Reference Number 118003

South Cave Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has shown significant improvement since its previous inspection, moving from a grade of Requires Improvement to Good in all assessed areas. This reflects the effective leadership and management team's commitment to fostering high-quality education. Pupils achieve well, particularly in reading and mathematics, and demonstrate positive behaviour and attitudes both in and out of the classroom. There is a strong emphasis on the school’s values, which promotes respect and kindness among pupils. However, some areas for development remain, particularly around assessing long-term knowledge retention and ensuring all phonics teaching is appropriately tailored to pupils’ needs.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 196
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.1%
Girls: 44.9%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 6.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 13 14 27
2 16 7 23
3 8 14 22
4 16 12 28
5 15 13 28
6 21 17 38

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.3%
White & Asian 3.1%
White & Black (African) 1%
African 1%
White, Other 0.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Irish 0.5%
Mixed, Other 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 21 Sep 2022
Date Report
21 Sep 2022 School inspection:
26 May 2021 Monitoring visit
16 Mar 2021 Monitoring visit
29 Sep 2020 Monitoring visit
16 Jan 2019 Full inspection:
19 Dec 2017 Monitoring visit
18 May 2016 Full inspection:
14 Jul 2014 Monitoring visit
19 Mar 2014 Full inspection:
23 Sep 2010 Full inspection:
09 Jul 2008 Full inspection:
06 Nov 2001 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Strong emphasis on trust, compassion, and respect among pupils
  • Effective support for reading and mathematics
  • Positive behaviour and attitudes displayed by pupils
  • Strong relationships fostered with the local library to enhance reading
  • Well-structured early years provision
  • Effective safeguarding measures in place

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistency in phonics teaching for some pupils at earlier stages
  • Lack of systems to check long-term knowledge retention in some subjects

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 78%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 11%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.2
Writing 2.5
Maths 0.2

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 10 1
Third Preference 1 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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