Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School

Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive school where pupils feel safe, behave exceptionally well and attend very well. Safeguarding standards are met. Inclusion and personal development and wellbeing are particular strengths: pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils are well supported, achieve well from their starting points and have broad access to enrichment and leadership opportunities. Pupils are proud of their school, have warm relationships with staff and benefit from strong pastoral care and high parental engagement. Leaders have built a well-considered and ambitious curriculum, and pupils generally achieve well, especially in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of key stage 2. However, achievement, curriculum and teaching, early years and leadership and governance are at the expected standard rather than stronger. Some pupils do not retain earlier learning as deeply as they should, particularly in history; pupils’ communication skills are still developing; and early years interactions are not consistently high quality. Leaders’ evaluation of the impact of their work could also be more accurate, and curriculum delivery is not yet consistent across all year groups and subjects. The school is a Church of England primary in the Diocese of York and is part of The Education Alliance multi-academy trust. It has 218 pupils and no alternative provision. This was a full section 5 inspection in June 2026.

Strengths

• Pupils’ manners are exemplary and they have warm relationships with peers and staff.
• Pupils behave consistently well and feel safe and well cared for.
• Attendance is high and persistent absence is low.
• Inclusion is a strength, with pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils well supported to achieve well.
• Personal development and wellbeing provision is cohesive, ambitious and broad.
• Pupils access a wide range of clubs, enrichment, leadership roles and extra-curricular opportunities.
• Reading is prioritised and pupils attain highly in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of key stage 2.
• Early years gives children a positive start through clear routines and effective support.
• Staff feel well supported and leaders are considerate of workload and wellbeing.
• Governors and trustees fulfil statutory duties and provide a clear strategic vision.
• Parental engagement is high and leaders build constructive relationships with families.
• Safeguarding has an open and positive culture, and safeguarding standards are met.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum delivery is not consistently strong across all year groups and subjects, so not all pupils achieve their potential.
• Some pupils’ prior knowledge is not securely embedded over time, for example in history.
• Pupils’ communication skills are still developing.
• Early years staff do not consistently maximise high-quality discussion and interactions to support early language development.
• Leaders’ evaluation of the impact of provision is not consistently accurate, limiting how sharply improvement priorities drive standards.

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 Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Wilberfoss Church of England 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 Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School had 19.0 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, 7.1% of pupils at Wilberfoss Church of England 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 2024–25 Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School received £6,527 and spent £6,863 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £96,000 (£458 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of The Education Alliance, income was £7,594 and spending £7,673 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 (East Riding Of Yorkshire) · East Riding of Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School is part of The Education Alliance, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Naburn Church of England Primary School York
• Howden Junior School Goole
• Howden Church of England Infant School Howden
• North Cave Church of England Primary School Brough
• The Snaith School Goole
• Driffield School and Sixth Form Driffield
• Beverley Minster CE Primary School Beverley
• Hunsley Primary Brough
• South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College North Ferriby
• Malet Lambert Hull

What is Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School have?

Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School cover?

Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School?

Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School is at Storking Lane, Wilberfoss, York, North Yorkshire, YO41 5ND.