Wold Newton Foundation School

Wold Newton Foundation School is a small, welcoming school of 104 pupils, operating in a federation with Boynton Primary School. Inspectors found the school performing well overall, with personal development and wellbeing a clear standout. Pupils are happy, safe and polite, behaviour is strong, attendance has improved and is now in line with national averages, and safeguarding standards are met. The curriculum is coherent and engaging, early years provision is well sequenced, and leaders have high aspirations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Governance and staff support are effective, and pupils benefit from a broad range of enrichment and leadership opportunities. Most areas of the school are working at the expected standard. Pupils achieve well overall, especially in mathematics, and reading is broadly in line with national averages. However, writing is a relative weakness: attainment is below national averages, and disadvantaged pupils have a notable gap in writing and in combined reading, writing and mathematics. Inspectors also found some inconsistency in the teaching of foundational skills and a few instances where teaching does not help pupils master basic skills securely. The main next steps are to embed greater consistency in teaching foundational reading, writing and mathematics, review the impact of the writing curriculum so that it improves attainment for all pupils, and ensure that adaptations made for pupils with individual needs are precisely matched. Inclusion is a strength overall, but some support is not yet sharply tailored. The school is well led, staff feel supported, and governors fulfil their duties effectively.

Strengths

• Personal development and wellbeing are placed at the centre of the school's values and curriculum.
• Pupils are polite, behave well and treat each other and adults with respect.
• Attendance has improved over time and is now in line with national averages.
• Pupils benefit from a broad enrichment programme including clubs, trips, careers day and leadership roles.
• The curriculum is carefully designed, coherently sequenced and engaging for pupils.
• Phonics teaching is structured and pupils read with confidence and fluency.
• Pupils achieve well in mathematics and manage complex mathematical tasks well.
• Early years provision is personalised, well sequenced and helps children settle quickly.
• Inclusion is a strength, with high aspirations and effective use of pupil premium funding.
• Leaders and governors have high aspirations and a clear understanding of school development priorities.
• Staff feel well supported by leaders, with consideration for wellbeing and workload.
• Safeguarding standards are met and there is an open culture of safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching of foundational skills in reading, writing and mathematics is not consistently embedded.
• The writing curriculum is not yet positively affecting writing attainment for all pupils.
• Writing attainment is below national averages, including a notable disadvantaged pupils' gap.
• Disadvantaged pupils' combined reading, writing and mathematics attainment is below national averages.
• Some lesson adaptations are not precisely matched to pupils' individual needs.
• There are a few instances where teaching does not effectively support pupils to master basic skills.
• Some support for pupils with additional needs is not sharply tailored to individual requirements.

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 Wold Newton Foundation School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% 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 Wold Newton Foundation 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 Wold Newton Foundation School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.3% 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, 3.1% of pupils at Wold Newton Foundation School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Wold Newton Foundation School received £8,972 and spent £8,833 for each of its 93 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £197,000 (£2,120 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 Wold Newton Foundation School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wold Newton Foundation School is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Wold Newton Foundation School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wold Newton Foundation School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Wold Newton Foundation School have?

Wold Newton Foundation School has 98 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wold Newton Foundation School cover?

Wold Newton Foundation School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Wold Newton Foundation School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wold Newton Foundation School?

Wold Newton Foundation School is at Back Street, Wold Newton, Driffield, YO25 3YJ.