Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: Main Street, Cliffe, Selby, YO8 6NN – View on map
- Phone: 01757638426
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Rosie Hawkins
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 14 places – 10 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: 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 11
- % eligible for free school meals: 14.3%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 49.2% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2021 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 69% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 79% · Maths 64% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
- Based on: 14 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 135th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =135Boroughbridge Primary School57%
- =135Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School57%
- =135Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary School57%
- =135Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School57%
- =135Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided School57%
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46th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #44Cayton Community Primary SchoolGood
- #45Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #46Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #47Cononley Primary SchoolGood
- #48Cowling Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,849 (2024-25)
164th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #162Bolton-On-Swale St Mary's CofE Primary School£6,899
- #163Rillington Primary School£6,858
- #164Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,849
- #165Tadcaster Primary Academy£6,832
- #166Mill Hill Primary School£6,811
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