Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School

Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is a small, family-feel primary where pupils are cared for, feel safe and behave well. This was the school's first routine inspection since 2014 because of its previous outstanding judgement and the pandemic; it is now judged good in all key areas, including early years, and safeguarding is effective. Pupils achieve significantly above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics, and the school is ambitious for all pupils, including those with SEND. The school's strengths include strong phonics and reading provision, effective SEND support, high attendance and a wide range of personal development opportunities, including pupil leadership, sport, music, trips and community engagement. Governors fulfil their duties well and leaders are considerate of staff workload. The main areas for improvement concern curriculum design and quality assurance in some subjects. In a few subjects, leaders have not identified the essential knowledge pupils need or the order in which it should be taught, and some content is not delivered coherently, which limits some pupils' achievement outside English and mathematics. The school also has limited insight into how well some curriculums are designed, delivered and remembered, so it is not always quick to address these deficiencies.

Strengths

• Pupils value the school's family feel and feel cared for and safe.
• Pupils have positive relationships with staff and classmates and behave well.
• The school is ambitious for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Pupils' achievement in reading, writing and mathematics is significantly above the national average.
• Pupils benefit from pupil leadership groups and a wide range of extracurricular sport and competitions.
• Pupils can learn musical instruments or join the choir, which performs at local and regional events.
• Trips and residential visits enhance pupils' curriculum learning and confidence.
• The school has a balanced curriculum with broad end points identified for each subject.
• Phonics is taught well from Reception and almost all pupils meet the Year 1 phonics screening check standard.
• Pupils quickly become fluent, confident readers and enjoy reading.
• The school identifies pupils with SEND quickly and provides effective support.
• Personal development is supported well through charitable activities, community engagement and teaching tolerance and respect.
• Pupils are taught how to stay safe online and how to look after their physical and mental health.
• Attendance is consistently high and very few pupils are persistently absent.
• Governors fulfil their duties effectively and leaders are considerate of staff workload.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the school has not sufficiently identified the essential knowledge pupils should learn or the order in which it should be taught.
• Some curriculum content is not delivered in an effective, logical manner, hindering some pupils from reaching the same high levels as in English and mathematics.
• The school has limited insight into how well some curriculums are designed and delivered and their impact on what pupils remember over time.
• Curriculum evaluation activities are not as effective as they could be, so the school is not alert to some deficiencies in curriculum design and delivery.
• The school has not sufficiently identified gaps in pupils' knowledge of some subject-specific content.

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 Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.3% 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 Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE 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 Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School had 20.9 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, 7.9% of pupils at Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School received £7,112 and spent £7,102 for each of its 152 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £27,000 (£175 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 Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School have?

Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School has 152 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School cover?

Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School?

Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School is at Dubside, Wrea Green, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2WQ.