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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted
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location_onRipon, HG4 2ES
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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2018

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Expected Standard

78%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Ripon, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 16% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Ripon, North Yorkshire, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 152 pupils on roll, of whom 8% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 22% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #57 of 233 primaries in North Yorkshire and #5,114 of 14,143 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 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 20.3:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 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)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

78%

LA 59%
Reading87% LA 75%
Writing78% LA 72%
Maths91% LA 71%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

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Read

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Write

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Maths

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

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Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2 EIF
Outstanding
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Outstanding
None EIF
Requires improvement
Education
No Judgement
Behaviour
No Judgement
Development
No Judgement
Leadership
Requires improvement

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Data sources: School information from GIAS (DfE). Ofsted inspection data from Ofsted. Performance data from DfE Performance Tables. Parent View data from Ofsted Parent View. Census data from DfE Explore Education Statistics. Rankings are computed by SchoolsInfo.uk using public DfE data. Data updated annually. Last refresh: March 2026. How we calculate rankings →

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