Keldmarsh Primary School, Beverley

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades Keldmarsh Primary School on 7 areas: 2 expected standard, 4 needs attention and 1 urgent improvement. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have raised expectations for the conduct and behaviour of pupils across key stages 1 and 2."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a clear and considered curriculum for the teaching of personal, social and health education (PSHE) and relationships and sex education (RSE)."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Teachers' expectations of what pupils can achieve from their starting points are not consistently high."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Many pupils do not access learning that meets their needs or stage of development."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders have recently introduced new processes for identifying the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Current leaders are new to their roles."

Early years - Urgent improvement. "Provision in the early years learning environment is not ambitious enough."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should develop the quality of education and provision in the early years, including developing staff understanding of the how children learn"; "Leaders should develop the curriculum in early years so that the knowledge that children should learn at each stage is clearly identified across the 7 areas of learning"; "Leaders should strengthen their strategic oversight of how well pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) learn, so that they can take appropriate action to reduce pupils' barriers to learning and improve their achievement"; "Staff should make appropriate adaptations to the curriculum so that pupils across year groups, including those with SEND, receive learning tasks that are well matched to their needs"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils at the early stages of reading and writing secure the foundational knowledge they need to be prepared for their next steps in learning"; "Governors should sharpen their approaches to self evaluation to assure themselves of the impact of leaders' work in the school"; "Leaders should continue to develop their oversight of the work of the school through rigorous quality assurance systems".

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils at Keldmarsh Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in East Riding of Yorkshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 78% in reading and 88% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 66 families put Keldmarsh Primary School as their first choice and 107 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 9 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Keldmarsh Primary School are Beverley Minster CE Primary School (0.5 miles, 73% reading, 65% maths); Beverley St Nicholas Primary School (0.8 miles, 48% reading, 24% maths); St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Beverley (1.2 miles, Good, 66% reading, 76% maths); and St John of Beverley Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy (1.2 miles, Good, 88% reading, 81% maths).

Keldmarsh Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

10.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (87%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 25 pupils (9.7%) received SEN support and 10 (3.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Beverley Rail Station, about 1060 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beverley Woodmansey Mile, 190 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 147 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in East Riding of Yorkshire (31), as is usual near a town centre.

Keldmarsh Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Keldmarsh Primary School are Beverley Grammar School (0.4 miles), Beverley Joint Sixth (0.4 miles), Beverley High School (0.9 miles) and Longcroft School and Sixth Form College (1.4 miles).