Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School is performing well, achieving an overall effectiveness rating of good. The school has established a nurturing environment where pupils thrive and demonstrate high levels of behaviour, respect, and consideration for others. The curriculum is ambitious, supporting both academic knowledge and excellent personal development, which reflects the school's ethos of 'Living, Loving, Learning – Christ at the centre'. It has a structured approach to mathematics, and pupils with special educational needs are well-supported, contributing to their overall success. However, the school is facing challenges in delivering certain foundation subjects, where teaching strategies have sometimes led to confusion amongst pupils, affecting their ability to recall key knowledge. Similarly, the new handwriting curriculum is still in its early stages, resulting in some pupils not achieving the desired fluency and accuracy. The school administrators are aware of these issues and are taking steps to enhance teacher support in these areas, aiming for continuous improvement in the educational experience provided to their students.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate outstanding behaviour and attitudes.
• The curriculum is ambitious and supports excellent personal development.
• Strong focus on vocabulary, problem-solving, and reasoning in mathematics.
• Well-structured teaching approach in early years and successful reading program.
• Pupils engage in rich extracurricular experiences that build character.

Areas for Improvement

• Some confusion in teaching choices affecting recall of key knowledge in foundation subjects.
• Handwriting curriculum implementation needs improvement to address gaps in pupils' foundational knowledge.

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 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 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 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.2% 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, 11.1% of pupils at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 2024–25 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy received £5,607 and spent £5,763 for each of its 406 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £264,000 (£652 per pupil).

Across all 38 schools of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, income was £7,521 and spending £7,443 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in York · York local authority: places and applications

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• All Saints Catholic School York York
• St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York
• St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York
• St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York
• St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy York
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Malton
• All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Thirsk
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Pickering
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Northallerton
• St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Whitby

What is Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy have?

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy cover?

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy?

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy is at Hamilton Drive, York, North Yorkshire, YO24 4JW.