Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Selby/York, North Yorkshire·YO8 3SQ
Composite score
42.9
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#9,910
National rank
#1014
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#148
In North Yorkshire
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 12 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1420221.0020231.0020241.0020250.922026

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

Every child who put Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided 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
127
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
3.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,974
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Selby/York, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 127 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 16.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% 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 Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 23.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 3% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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