Pool-in-Wharfedale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Otley
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school's leadership team is energetic and focused on improvement, with good support from governors and the local authority. Teachers are working to make lessons clearer and teaching assistants are playing a stronger role in helping pupils learn. The school is benefiting from working with a highly-rated external partner school to improve teaching and leadership.
Key Strengths
- School leaders and governors are committed and working quickly to address identified areas for improvement
- Teaching assistants are making better contributions to supporting learning in classrooms
- Teachers are becoming clearer about helping pupils understand what they need to learn
- External support from the Local Leader of Education is helping improve teaching quality and developing leadership skills
Areas for Improvement
- Targets for pupil progress and attainment are not high enough in some areas
- Too much teacher talk in lessons and inconsistent challenge for all pupils
- Governors need better detailed information about progress of different groups of pupils to monitor the school effectively
- Checking of pupils' progress needs to focus more closely on whether gaps between different groups of pupils are narrowing
Pool-in-Wharfedale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was judged to require improvement in March 2013. This monitoring visit in June 2013 found that leaders and governors are taking effective action to tackle areas needing improvement, though further work is needed to raise expectations and ensure consistent progress.
At a Glance
8.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
77 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 88%. Maths has declined from 79% to 71%. Writing has declined from 79% to 75%.
Class Sizes
26.8
Avg class size
23.5
Infant (KS1)
28.5
KS2
6
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
80%
Available places
168 pupils
210 capacity
42 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Otley
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Otley
Admissions Demand - Leeds
Places available
10,239
Applications
8,283
Got 1st preference
93.1%
Got preferred school
99.3%
Primary admissions across Leeds (2025/26)
Inspection History(8)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.67783%
Overall absence
4.04624%
Persistent absence
173
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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