Clifton Green Primary School

Community school·Primary school York·YO30 6JA
Composite score
37.8
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#11,615
National rank
#1190
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#38
In York
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
51%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.0020231.0020241.0020250.902026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Clifton Green Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
397
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
22.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
27.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,590
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Clifton Green Primary School

Clifton Green Primary School is a primary school in York, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 397 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 51% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 18.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Clifton Green Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 9.5%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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