Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School

Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School is a small, community-focused village school with 120 pupils in mixed-age classes. It has a warm, inclusive ethos and high aspirations for all pupils, including those with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and those known to social care. Personal development and wellbeing are a particular strength: pupils take on meaningful leadership roles, engage with the local community and learn about British values, healthy relationships and safety. Safeguarding standards are met.

Strengths

• Highly effective personal development programme that builds character, British values and community belonging.
• Strong pupil leadership roles, including school councillors, eco leaders and wellbeing warriors.
• High attendance and punctual, ready-to-learn pupils.
• Generally positive behaviour with consistent routines and prompt handling of bullying or discrimination.
• Ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum adapted for mixed-age classes.
• Strong inclusion and SEND support, with early identification and tailored provision.
• Supportive leadership, governance and staff development, with positive staff wellbeing.
• Warm, nurturing early years provision with a good focus on language and early mathematics.
• Pupils achieve well over time, including disadvantaged pupils, with outcomes above national averages in many measures.
• Effective community engagement and enrichment, including music, trips and partnerships.
• Robust safeguarding culture that meets requirements.

Areas for Improvement

• Phonics and writing teaching for Year 2 onwards is not consistently high-quality enough, limiting some pupils' access to the wider curriculum.
• Minor misconceptions in spelling, grammar, punctuation and handwriting are not always picked up and addressed in lessons.
• Early years staff do not consistently maximise high-quality interactions to deepen children's vocabulary and understanding across all seven areas of learning.
• Some early years learning is not always connected and extended to deepen children's understanding.

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 Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.6% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) 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 Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.3% 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, 19.2% of pupils at Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School received £8,350 and spent £8,723 for each of its 120 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £48,000 (£396 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 Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School have?

Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School has 120 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School cover?

Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School?

Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School is at Kirby Hill, Boroughbridge, York, North Yorkshire, YO51 9DS.