Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Selby

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "By the end of key stage 2, pupils achieve well, outperforming their national counterparts."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils are keen to come to school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school delivers a clear and ambitious curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "The school has designed a broad, ambitious early years curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a welcoming, nurturing culture rooted in how well staff know the pupils and their families."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders keep pupils' best interests at the heart of everything they do."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils live out the school's Christian values and reflect regularly on their own spirituality."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "The school should strengthen its work to monitor the impact of the support and strategies in place to reduce pupils' barriers to learning and close gaps in pupils' foundational knowledge"; "The school should continue its work towards developing a more systematic approach to reducing persistent absence"; "Leaders should strengthen their strategic oversight and increase the rigour of systems for quality assurance across school to further improve the consistency of the use of assessment and curriculum delivery".

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Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, hockey, cricket, basketball, drama, choir, recorder and gardening.

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 96% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in North Yorkshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 79% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 41 families put Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School as their first choice and 89 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 11 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 63% reading, 58% maths); Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Primary School (2.9 miles); Brayton Church of England Primary School (3 miles, Good, 83% reading, 83% maths); and Monk Fryston Church of England Primary School (3 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths).

Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

6.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Sherburn-in-Elmet Rail Station, about 3.5 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is White House Farm (w-bound), 260 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 3 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, criminal damage and arson and violence and sexual offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9).

In 2024/25, Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.