North Duffield Community Primary School

North Duffield Community Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across several domains including the quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The emphasis on pupil-centered decision-making and a strong personal development curriculum demonstrates the school's commitment to fostering a positive environment for its students. However, the early years provision has been identified as an area requiring improvement, indicating a need for better integration and preparation for the transition to key stage 1. This inspection marks the first routine evaluation since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the context has been taken into account during the assessment.

Strengths

• Pupils are at the heart of all school activities.
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff create a positive school atmosphere.
• Ambitious curriculum providing diverse opportunities for pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Leaders promote a love of reading with consistent phonics teaching.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years curriculum lacks precise planning and integration with key stage 1.
• Record-keeping processes are not systematic, affecting trend tracking.
• Curriculum planning in some foundation subjects is unclear and not always progressive.

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 North Duffield Community Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.1% 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, 0.9% of pupils at North Duffield 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 North Duffield Community Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.8% 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, 7.8% of pupils at North Duffield Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 North Duffield Community Primary School received £6,730 and spent £6,844 for each of its 129 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £14,000 (-£106 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 North Duffield Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for North Duffield Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was North Duffield Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

North Duffield Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does North Duffield Community Primary School have?

North Duffield Community Primary School has 129 pupils on roll.

What age range does North Duffield Community Primary School cover?

North Duffield Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is North Duffield Community Primary School?

North Duffield Community Primary School is at Broadmanor, North Duffield, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 5RZ.