Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: Priest Bank Road, Kildwick, Keighley, BD20 9BH – View on map
- Phone: 01535633682
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Tim Whitehead
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 20 places – 10 for every 10 places. 95% of them were offered a place. 11 of the 20 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 9
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.4%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.5% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 36% moved to another school, 64% 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. 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: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
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: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 60% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 55% · Writing 80% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 102
- Based on: 20 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 170th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =170Goldsborough Church of England Primary School50%
- =170Hellifield Community Primary School50%
- =170Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School50%
- =170Ravensworth Church of England Primary School50%
- =170Settrington All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School50%
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96th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #94Keeble Gateway AcademyGood
- #95Kettlewell Primary SchoolGood
- #96Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #97Killinghall Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #98Kirk Fenton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,056 (2024-25)
150th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #148Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary School£7,070
- #149Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School£7,069
- #150Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,056
- #151Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School£7,036
- #152Applegarth Primary School£6,979
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