Poppleton Road Primary School

York · YO26 4UP

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 404 pupils, 27.5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Poppleton Road Primary School

General Information

Address: Poppleton Road, York, YO26 4UP – View on map
Phone: 01904806522
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Ellie Dawson
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 49 families put it first for 51 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: 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

404 pupils out of 446 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 111
% eligible for free school meals: 27.5%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the York average)
English as an additional language: 15% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 13.2% a year (York 13.2%, 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 2 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.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across York: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.3 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 York, 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: 5.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 17.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 18 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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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 Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Needs attention

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: in line with the York average (63%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 62% against an expected 64%)
3-year average (expected standard): 62%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 81% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
Based on: 59 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

This schoolYork averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was in line with the York average (63%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 24th of 47 junior and primary schools in the area

=22Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School65%
=24Carr Junior School64%
=24Poppleton Road Primary School64%
=24Rufforth Primary School64%
#27Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy63%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Skelton Primary School100%
#2Ralph Butterfield Primary School86%
#3Knavesmire Primary School84%
#4Dunnington Church of England Primary School80%
=5Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School78%
=5Wigginton Primary School78%
=7Hempland Primary School77%
=7Lord Deramore's Primary School77%
=9Scarcroft Primary School75%
=9St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy75%
=11Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe73%
=11Badger Hill Primary Academy73%
=11St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School73%
=14St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy72%
=14St Oswald's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School72%
#16Elvington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School71%
#17Dringhouses Primary School70%
#18Woodthorpe Primary School69%
#19Wheldrake with Thorganby Church of England Primary School68%
#20Poppleton Ousebank Primary School67%
#21Headlands Primary School66%
=22Park Grove Primary Academy65%
=22Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School65%
=24Carr Junior School64%
=24Poppleton Road Primary School64%
=24Rufforth Primary School64%
#27Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy63%
=28Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy61%
=28St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School61%
=30Huntington Primary Academy60%
=30Osbaldwick Primary Academy60%
#32Fishergate Primary School57%
#33Copmanthorpe Primary School56%
=34Acomb Primary School55%
=34Tang Hall Primary Academy55%
#36St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School54%
#37St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy52%
#38Clifton Green Primary School51%
=39Haxby Road Primary Academy50%
=39New Earswick Primary School50%
#41Hob Moor Community Primary Academy48%
=42Westfield Primary Community School41%
=42Yearsley Grove Primary School41%
#44Lakeside Primary Academy40%
=45Burton Green Primary School37%
=45Heworth Church of England Primary School37%
#47Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £5,977 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

36th of 46 primary schools in York for spending per pupil

#34Poppleton Ousebank Primary School£5,995
#35Dunnington Church of England Primary School£5,989
#36Poppleton Road Primary School£5,977
#37Lord Deramore's Primary School£5,974
#38Huntington Primary Academy£5,856

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£13,705
#2Naburn Church of England Primary School£12,867
#3Skelton Primary School£11,937
#4St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School£8,804
#5Haxby Road Primary Academy£8,760
#6Burton Green Primary School£8,664
#7St Oswald's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£8,153
#8St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,709
#9Hob Moor Community Primary Academy£7,677
#10New Earswick Primary School£7,615
#11Clifton Green Primary School£7,590
#12Tang Hall Primary Academy£7,437
#13Copmanthorpe Primary School£7,409
#14Heworth Church of England Primary School£7,158
#15Badger Hill Primary Academy£7,053
#16Rufforth Primary School£7,046
#17Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School£7,036
#18St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,994
#19Elvington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,973
#20Westfield Primary Community School£6,851
#21Lakeside Primary Academy£6,705
#22Osbaldwick Primary Academy£6,655
#23St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,637
#24Yearsley Grove Primary School£6,444
#25Fishergate Primary School£6,355
#26Wheldrake with Thorganby Church of England Primary School£6,319
#27Headlands Primary School£6,318
#28Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy£6,313
#29Acomb Primary School£6,237
#30Park Grove Primary Academy£6,095
#31Scarcroft Primary School£6,078
#32St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,053
#33Woodthorpe Primary School£6,028
#34Poppleton Ousebank Primary School£5,995
#35Dunnington Church of England Primary School£5,989
#36Poppleton Road Primary School£5,977
#37Lord Deramore's Primary School£5,974
#38Huntington Primary Academy£5,856
#39Dringhouses Primary School£5,831
#40Hempland Primary School£5,704
#41Wigginton Primary School£5,694
#42Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School£5,678
#43Knavesmire Primary School£5,653
#44Ralph Butterfield Primary School£5,614
#45St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy£5,077
#46Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy£4,764

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