Barlby Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Hilltop, Barlby, Selby, YO8 5JQ – View on map
- Phone: 01757703317
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jillian Baker
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 36 families put it first for 38 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 68
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.3%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.9% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Yorkshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 20 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 56% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 63% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 63% · Writing 69% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 106
- Based on: 52 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 143rd of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =135Seamer and Irton Community Primary School57%
- =135Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School57%
- =143Barlby Community Primary School56%
- =143Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School56%
- =143Ingleton Primary School56%
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20th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #18Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
- #19Barlby Bridge Community Primary SchoolGood
- #20Barlby Community Primary SchoolGood
- #21Barrowcliff SchoolGood
- #22Barton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,456 (2024-25)
192nd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #190Leyburn Primary School£6,489
- #191Riccall Community Primary School£6,461
- #192Barlby Community Primary School£6,456
- #193Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School£6,414
- #194Gladstone Road Primary School£6,399
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