Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Hill, Selby, YO8 3UU – View on map
- Phone: 01757268378
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Headteacher Carla Cox
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 20 places – 11 for every 10 places. 86% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 13 · 2025 13 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 10
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.9%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 6.3% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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: 2.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 3.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 85% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 24 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 71% against an expected 70%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 71%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 85% · Maths 100% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 92%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 107
- Based on: 13 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 19th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =19Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School85%
- =19Thornton in Craven Community Primary School85%
- =19Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School85%
- #23Trinity Academy Richmond84%
- =24Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School83%
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211th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #209Wheatcroft Community Primary SchoolGood
- #210Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary SchoolGood
- #211Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #212Amotherby Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #213Broomfield SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,917 (2024-25)
159th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #157Airy Hill Primary School£6,931
- #158Roecliffe CofE Primary School£6,931
- #159Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,917
- #160Bradleys Both Community Primary School£6,910
- #161Outwood Primary Academy Greystone£6,907
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