Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School
General Information
- Address: The Village, Stockton-on-the-Forest, York, YO32 9UP – View on map
- Phone: 01904400366
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Joanna Collins
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 8 families put it first for 8 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 8 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.7%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the York average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 24.5% a year (York 13.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% 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 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: 5.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 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: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the York average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 94% · Writing 82% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 17 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 22nd of 47 junior and primary schools in the area
- #21Headlands Primary School66%
- =22Park Grove Primary Academy65%
- =22Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School65%
- =24Carr Junior School64%
- =24Poppleton Road Primary School64%
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33rd of 39 primary schools in York for Ofsted rating
- #31St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #32St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
- #33Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary SchoolGood
- #34Tang Hall Primary AcademyGood
- #35Westfield Primary Community SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,036 (2024-25)
17th of 46 primary schools in York for spending per pupil
- #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
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