St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Ripon, North Yorkshire·HG4 2ES
Composite score
76.4
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#1,012
National rank
#95
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#13
In North Yorkshire
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
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%
16 first choices, 17 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 17 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.36
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a 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
152
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,678
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Ripon, North Yorkshire, St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 152 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 18.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 16 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a 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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