Barlby Bridge Community Primary School

Barlby Bridge Community Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The school fosters a strong sense of community, ensuring that pupils feel valued and supported throughout their educational journey. Relationships between staff and students are positive and nurturing, contributing to a safe and happy learning environment. The curriculum is ambitious in key subjects like mathematics and history, and the school's focus on reading is evident in the robust phonics program that supports early literacy development. While there are several strengths, the school is in a period of curriculum refinement, particularly in a few subjects where the sequencing of content could improve. Additionally, there are some concerns regarding communication with parents, as feedback indicates opportunities to provide relevant information for supporting children’s education at home are sometimes missed. Overall, the leadership team is proactive in addressing these areas, demonstrating high ambitions for improvement and a commitment to enhancing the educational experience for all students.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community and inclusivity
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils
• High expectations of pupil behavior
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Strong culture of reading and well-taught phonics program
• Well-planned early years environment fostering independence
• Proactive leadership team committed to improvement
• Strong emphasis on attendance and improvements in this area

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum refinement needed in a small number of subjects
• Communication with parents could be more effective

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 Barlby Bridge Community Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.2% 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, 2.6% of pupils at Barlby Bridge 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 Barlby Bridge Community Primary School had 14.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.3% 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, 16.0% of pupils at Barlby Bridge Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% 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 Barlby Bridge Community Primary School received £8,788 and spent £8,263 for each of its 144 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £164,000 (£1,136 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 Barlby Bridge Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Barlby Bridge Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Barlby Bridge Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Barlby Bridge Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Barlby Bridge Community Primary School have?

Barlby Bridge Community Primary School has 144 pupils on roll.

What age range does Barlby Bridge Community Primary School cover?

Barlby Bridge Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Barlby Bridge Community Primary School?

Barlby Bridge Community Primary School is at Thomas Street, Barlby Road, Selby, York, North Yorkshire, YO8 5AA.