Slingsby Community Primary School

Slingsby Community Primary School is a small, caring primary school that continues to perform well across all areas. Pupils are happy and safe, relationships with staff are strong, and leaders have high expectations for all pupils. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was judged good in quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school’s strengths include a strong reading and phonics programme, an ambitious curriculum, effective support for pupils with SEND, and a well-planned early years provision that gives children a strong start. Personal development is a high priority, attendance is good, safeguarding is effective, and governors know the school well. Staff feel valued and appreciate recent work to reduce their workload. The main area for improvement is behaviour. Expectations are not consistently applied in lessons, and some pupils talk over staff or lose focus, which can make it harder for pupils to concentrate and hear the teacher. The curriculum is also still being refined in a few subjects. Overall, however, the school provides a strong and nurturing education for its pupils.

Strengths

• Strong, caring relationships between pupils and staff
• Pupils feel happy and safe, and bullying is rare and dealt with quickly
• Pupils work hard and achieve well because of high expectations
• Reading and phonics are taught well, helping pupils become fluent and accurate readers
• An ambitious curriculum sets out clear knowledge and vocabulary
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported to learn alongside their peers
• Early years provision gives children a strong start and prepares them well for Year 1
• Personal development is a high priority, including safety, health and respect
• Attendance is good and the school works effectively with families
• Governors know the school well and provide appropriate support and challenge
• Staff feel valued and appreciate initiatives to reduce workload
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Behaviour expectations are not consistently applied in lessons
• Some pupils talk over staff or lose focus, disrupting concentration and learning
• The curriculum is still being refined in a few subjects

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 Slingsby Community Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.1% 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, 3.4% of pupils at Slingsby Community 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 Slingsby Community Primary School had 17.3 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, 13.8% of pupils at Slingsby Community 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 Slingsby Community Primary School received £8,450 and spent £8,964 for each of its 87 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £61,000 (-£706 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 Slingsby Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Slingsby Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Slingsby Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Slingsby Community Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Slingsby Community Primary School have?

Slingsby Community Primary School has 87 pupils on roll.

What age range does Slingsby Community Primary School cover?

Slingsby Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Slingsby Community Primary School?

Slingsby Community Primary School is at The Green, Slingsby, York, North Yorkshire, YO62 4AA.