Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School
General Information
- Address: Kirby Hill, Boroughbridge, York, YO51 9DS – View on map
- Phone: 01423322713
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Lisa Welburn
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 22 places – 8 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 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 15
- % eligible for free school meals: 12.5%
- 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: 10.8% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card April 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Expected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 73% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 73%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 71% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 107
- 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 63rd of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =63Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School71%
- =63Hemingbrough Community Primary School71%
- =63Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School71%
- =63Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School71%
- =63Knayton Church of England Academy71%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,910 (2024-25)
102nd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #100Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy£7,951
- #101Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School£7,917
- #102Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School£7,910
- #103Sessay Church of England Primary School£7,902
- #104Lothersdale Primary School£7,886
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