Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is performing at the expected standard overall, with safeguarding standards met. All inspected areas—achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing—were graded expected standard. Pupils achieve well by the end of key stage 2 and outperform national averages in reading, writing and mathematics; disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities also achieve highly compared with national averages, with many reaching greater depth. The school has a clear, ambitious and relevant curriculum, a strong reading culture, and effective early years provision. Pupils behave well, feel safe and happy, and benefit from a nurturing, inclusive ethos, strong pastoral support, and positive relationships with families. Leaders know the community well, staff feel valued, and governance and external partners are supportive. Leaders have correctly identified areas for development. Teaching is generally good, but there is some inconsistency in how quickly misconceptions and knowledge gaps are addressed, and support for a small number of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is not always adjusted promptly enough. Attendance is mostly good, though a small minority remain persistently absent, and systems for attendance and SEND monitoring, as well as strategic quality assurance, are still being embedded.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well by the end of key stage 2 and outperform national averages.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND achieve highly compared with national averages.
• The school delivers a clear, ambitious, broad and relevant curriculum.
• A strong reading culture begins in the early years with precise phonics teaching.
• Pupils behave positively, treat each other with kindness and are not worried by bullying.
• Staff understand how to support pupils with SEND, including managing triggers and routines.
• Early years provision is broad and ambitious, and children enter Year 1 well prepared.
• Leaders have established a welcoming, nurturing and inclusive culture.
• Pupils benefit from strong pastoral support and positive relationships with staff and families.
• Staff feel proud, valued and well supported in their career development.
• Governors understand the school well and align with its vision.
• Pupils enjoy personal development opportunities, enrichment, leadership roles and the school's Christian ethos.
• Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils feel safe and happy in school.
• Most pupils attend school well, with overall absence below national averages.

Areas for Improvement

• There is some variability in how consistently staff address pupils' knowledge gaps and misconceptions.
• The impact of opportunities for pupils to develop core knowledge and skills is variable.
• For a small number of pupils with SEND, support strategies are not adjusted in a timely enough way to achieve the desired impact.
• A small minority of pupils do not attend school regularly enough.
• Attendance systems are developing and are not yet fully embedded, with a more strategic approach to persistent absence still needed.
• SEND monitoring systems are developing and not yet fully embedded.
• Leaders need to strengthen strategic oversight and quality assurance to improve consistency of assessment and curriculum delivery.

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 Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 19.1% of pupils at Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School received £6,345 and spent £6,130 for each of its 188 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £144,000 (£768 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 Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School have?

Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has 188 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School cover?

Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?

Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is at Gateforth Lane, Hambleton, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 9HP.