Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School

Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School is a small, warm and nurturing primary where pupils feel happy, safe and known as individuals. Inspectors found the school meeting expected standards across all key areas, with safeguarding requirements met. Strong features include phonics and reading, where pupils achieve particularly well, and outcomes at the end of key stage 2 are often above national averages. Disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND progress well, attendance is above average and persistent absence is well below national figures, and behaviour is calm and respectful. The curriculum is well structured and sequenced, reading is prioritised, and a new phonics programme is working successfully. Inclusion is a notable strength: pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported effectively, and pupil premium funding is used thoughtfully. Leadership is effective, with staff feeling valued, governors providing support and challenge, and parents highly positive about the school's tailored support and rich experiences. Personal development and wellbeing are promoted well, including safety, mental health, relationships and citizenship. The school has undergone significant change recently, including an interim executive headteacher and collaboration with the 'Together Inspires Growth' federation. The main areas for further work are making assessment even more precise so that work consistently matches pupils' starting points, embedding recent curriculum and teaching changes in handwriting, spelling and multiplication tables across all year groups, and sharpening the intended impact of improvement priorities so leaders and governors can measure success more accurately. Early years provision is secure, though leaders recognise that making adult-child interactions even more consistent would strengthen it further.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve particularly well in phonics and read well.
• Outcomes at the end of key stage 2 are often above national averages in most measures.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND progress well from their starting points.
• Attendance is above the national average and persistent absence is significantly below national levels.
• Pupils' behaviour is calm, respectful and purposeful, with bullying very rare.
• The curriculum is well structured and sequenced, and reading is prioritised.
• The new phonics programme has been implemented successfully.
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and receive timely, effective support.
• Pupil premium funding is used thoughtfully to ensure disadvantaged pupils access the full curriculum and wider opportunities.
• Leaders, governors and staff work effectively together, and staff feel valued.
• Parents value the school's tailored support and rich experiences.
• Personal development and wellbeing are promoted well, including safety, mental health and citizenship.
• Early years children benefit from a happy, caring environment and are well prepared for future learning.
• The school has a close-knit community where pupils are known well as individuals.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment use is not consistently precise, so some pupils move on before they are ready or do not move on quickly enough.
• Recent curriculum and teaching changes for handwriting, spelling and multiplication tables need to be securely embedded in all year groups.
• Leaders and governors are sometimes less precise about the intended impact of school improvement priorities, making it harder to measure success.
• Early years provision could be strengthened by making staff interactions with children more consistently high quality.

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 Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.9% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Nun Monkton Primary Foundation 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 Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School had 12.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.0% 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, 20.0% of pupils at Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School received £12,793 and spent £13,592 for each of its 39 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £31,000 (£795 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 Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School have?

Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School has 40 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School cover?

Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School?

Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School is at The Green, Nun Monkton, York, North Yorkshire, YO26 8ER.