Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School

Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' rating in all areas of education. The school creates a welcoming and safe environment for pupils, who demonstrate good behavior and a commitment to their school responsibilities. Since the last inspection, the quality of education has notably improved, with a strong curriculum that is well-sequenced and focused on essential knowledge, enabling most pupils to achieve effectively. The leadership is dedicated to enhancing both academic and personal development, ensuring that children are well-prepared for their future education.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and well cared for in a welcoming environment.
• The school fosters good behavior with minimal disruptions during lessons.
• The curriculum is carefully designed and sequenced, enhancing students' knowledge and skills.
• Strong emphasis on reading, with effective phonics teaching and enthusiastic reading culture.
• Pupils participate in leadership roles and extra-curricular activities, contributing positively to school life.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment information is not used consistently to adapt teaching, leading to unresolved misconceptions in some pupils.
• Safeguarding records lack detail, impacting the identification of patterns and training needs.
• Information available to governors is insufficiently detailed, limiting effective oversight of school performance.

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 Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.9% 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 Whitley and Eggborough 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 Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.9% 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, 14.2% of pupils at Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School received £6,280 and spent £6,440 for each of its 233 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £270,000 (£1,157 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 Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School have?

Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School has 233 pupils on roll.

What age range does Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School cover?

Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School?

Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School is at Learning Lane, Whitley, Goole, DN14 0WE.