Clifton Green Primary School, York

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades Clifton Green Primary School on 7 areas: 7 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Needs attention. "Published outcomes for pupils at the end of key stage 2, show some signs of improvement over time."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders recognise pupils' poor attendance as a significant barrier to their achievement."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders have a secure understanding of strengths and weaknesses in curriculum and teaching."

Early years - Needs attention. "Recent changes to the staffing in the early years have led to some turbulence in the quality of education that the children receive."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Recent improvements in identifying and assessing pupils' needs are having a positive impact."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "A new leadership team is in place."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "The school has recently introduced a revised personal, social and health education (PSHE) curriculum, alongside its offer for relationships and sex education."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should build on their recent work to swiftly identify the barriers to learning for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, as well as those in receipt of pupil premium funding. They should ensure consistent approaches used across school fully engage these pupils in the curriculum as well as wider opportunities"; "Leaders should ensure that the curriculum, including that for PSHE, is taught consistently well across school, so that pupils build their knowledge securely, achieve well and are better prepared for their next steps in education"; "Leaders should support staff to effectively adapt learning opportunities so that the needs of all learners are met, including those with special educational needs and or disabilities"; "Leaders should establish clear and consistent routines and expectations for behaviour across school, ensuring staff receive the support that they need to manage behaviour in line with these expectations"; "Leaders should increase their efforts to improve pupils' attendance across all pupil groups, including those who are disadvantaged"; "Leaders should ensure that the curriculum in the early years is well taught, including through the use of high-quality interactions, to provide children with an education that is suitable for their age and stage of development"; "Leaders should ensure staff wellbeing and workload is fully considered when prioritising actions for improvement"; "Those with strategic oversight of the school, including governors, should ensure they have an accurate view of the standard of education, so that they can provide effective challenge to leaders at all levels".

In its own words: "We will work to create secure and positive relationships, knowing that they are central to human motivation, wellbeing and ultimately to flourish in life. Live the Vision - Develop the Ethos - Grow together and Ultimately flourish! A Character Virtue is a moral strength - an enduring quality of thought and behaviour that benefits the individual and society."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Clifton Green Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in York and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 54% in reading and 37% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Clifton Green Primary School as their first choice and 63 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Clifton Green Primary School are Burton Green Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 63% reading, 42% maths); Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 38% reading, 38% maths); Haxby Road Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 60% reading, 53% maths); and Park Grove Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 75% reading, 78% maths).

Clifton Green Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

The nearest railway station is Rear Entrance, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Clifton Health Centre, 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Clifton Green Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 645 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in York (175), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Clifton Green Primary School issued 15 suspensions, 3.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Clifton Green Primary School are Vale of York Academy (0.5 miles), Huntington School (1.7 miles) and Manor Church of England Academy (1.8 miles).