Riccall Community Primary School

Riccall Community Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Following the appointment of a new headteacher in September 2022, there has been a concerted effort to enhance the curriculum and overall educational standards, benefitting all pupils. The school environment is nurturing and supportive, with strong relationships reported between students and staff. Pupils engage positively with their learning and partake in a variety of extracurricular activities that further enrich their education experience.

Strengths

• Welcoming and nurturing environment for pupils
• Strong focus on language and reading development
• Effective use of phonics teaching with trained staff
• Good support and adaptation for pupils with SEND
• Ambitious and well-sequenced early years curriculum
• Strong parental support for school improvement initiatives
• Regular opportunities for pupils to engage in extracurricular activities

Areas for Improvement

• Notable gaps in curriculum design for some foundation subjects, like history
• Lack of clear success criteria in school improvement plans

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 Riccall Community Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.9% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Riccall 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 Riccall Community Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.4% 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, 6.7% of pupils at Riccall Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Riccall Community Primary School received £7,862 and spent £7,560 for each of its 178 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £40,000 (-£226 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 Riccall Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Riccall Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Riccall Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Riccall Community Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Riccall Community Primary School have?

Riccall Community Primary School has 178 pupils on roll.

What age range does Riccall Community Primary School cover?

Riccall Community Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Riccall Community Primary School?

Riccall Community Primary School is at Riccall Community Primary School, Riccall, Coppergate, York, North Yorkshire, YO19 6PF.