Wavell Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire·DL9 3BJ
Composite score
36.0
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#12,157
National rank
#1263
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#186
In North Yorkshire
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
41%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
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
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
16 first choices, 17 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 17 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9120230.9220241.0020250.942026

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

Every child who put Wavell Community 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
231
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,480
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Wavell Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, Wavell Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 231 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 41% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. 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 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Wavell Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 20.3 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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