St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school York·YO10 4BT
Composite score
46.8
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#8,492
National rank
#859
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#31
In York
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.64
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.33
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220221.0020230.9620240.9720250.642026

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

Every child who put St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 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
217
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
35.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,053
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in York, St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 217 pupils aged 3 to 11. 72% 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 10.0 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 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 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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