Woodthorpe Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school York·YO24 2RU
Composite score
63.5
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#2,995
National rank
#284
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#12
In York
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
91%
64 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
126
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720221.0720231.0020240.9320251.072026

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

York does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Woodthorpe Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
447
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,028
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Woodthorpe Primary School at a glance

Located in York, Woodthorpe Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 447 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. 69% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 20% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Woodthorpe Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 64 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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