Ofsted: Outstanding trending_up Places Available emoji_events #140 in North Yorkshire public Top 53% UK

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Jill Allen

location_onRipon, HG4 2ES

language Visit Website phone 1765603232

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2018

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Students

148

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Expected Standard

60%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Ripon, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 53% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Ripon, North Yorkshire, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 148 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #140 of 249 primaries in North Yorkshire and #10,539 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2018. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 19.7:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.6 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 59%England 61%

Reading85% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing65% LA 71% · Eng 72%

Maths75% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

62%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading71% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing71% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths76% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.8

Read

LA 0.0

-1.9 to 3.5

-1.4

Write

LA 0.0

-3.9 to 1.2

-1.6

Maths

LA -0.8

-4.2 to 0.9

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

74%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading83% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 78% · Eng 78%

Maths87% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

4.5

Read

LA -0.3

2.0 to 7.1

2.0

Write

LA -0.2

-0.4 to 4.3

3.5

Maths

LA -1.0

1.3 to 5.7

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

74%

LA 61%

Reading79% LA 75%

Writing84% LA 77%

Maths79% LA 71%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

3.9

Read

LA -0.4

0.9 to 6.9

3.4

Write

LA 0.0

0.5 to 6.3

3.4

Maths

LA -1.2

0.7 to 6.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

29 February 2024

Inspection Report

03 July 2018

Inspection Report

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18 November 2016

Inspection Report

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21 April 2016

Inspection Report

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27 March 2014

Inspection Report

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22 January 2014

Inspection Report

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09 January 2012

Inspection Report

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19 October 2010

Inspection Report

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30 March 2009

Inspection Report

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12 June 2006

Inspection Report

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08 May 2000

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2018-07-03

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2 Legacy

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2016-11-18

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2016-04-21

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2014-01-22

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

2.6%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.7%(1 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 152 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 2.6%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	152	4	2.6%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	153	1	0.7%	0.7%
2022/23 (Summer term)	153	1	0.7%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	148	5	3.4%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	149	1	0.7%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	157	1	0.6%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	152	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	151	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	156	1	0.6%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	154	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	155	1	0.6%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	152	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	152	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	150	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	150	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	148	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	146	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	149	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	152	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	149	1	0.7%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	154	4	2.6%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	155	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	150	1	0.7%	0.5%