Wigginton Primary School

Wigginton Primary School continues to maintain its status as a good school, providing a nurturing and stimulating environment for its pupils. Students report that each day is an adventure, characterized by strong support and effective learning opportunities. The curriculum is designed to foster creativity, independence, and respect, which resonates well with the pupils. Significant strengths are noted in the school's approach to behaviour, with pupils displaying exceptional respect and kindness, and any incidences of bullying being rare and swiftly addressed. Despite the school's positive attributes, there are areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that the essential knowledge pupils should retain is clearly defined in all subjects. The school is responding to this by evolving its curriculum and addressing historical delays in supporting students with SEND. Overall, Wigginton Primary School showcases a commitment to providing quality education while recognizing the need for ongoing development in specific curricular areas.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a happy and respectful learning environment.
• The curriculum encourages creativity and independence.
• Behaviour is exceptionally good among pupils.
• The phonics approach is well-embedded and effective.
• Support for pupils with SEND is timely and responsive.
• There are extensive enrichment opportunities, including music and sports.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, essential knowledge for retention is not clearly defined.
• There's a need for more consistency in mathematics teaching.

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 Wigginton Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.2% 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 Wigginton 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 Wigginton Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.3% 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, 11.3% of pupils at Wigginton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Wigginton Primary School received £5,841 and spent £5,938 for each of its 247 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £19,000 (-£76 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 Wigginton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wigginton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Wigginton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wigginton Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Wigginton Primary School have?

Wigginton Primary School has 247 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wigginton Primary School cover?

Wigginton Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wigginton Primary School?

Wigginton Primary School is at Westfield Lane, Wigginton, York, North Yorkshire, YO32 2FZ.