Sutton Upon Derwent Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, York
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Sutton Upon Derwent creates a genuinely caring and inclusive environment where every child feels valued and belongs. The school excels at personal development, offering enriching trips and real-world learning experiences that bring topics to life. Parents appreciate the warm, supportive relationships staff build with children and the calm, respectful atmosphere throughout the school.
Key Strengths
- Strong inclusive culture where every pupil belongs and staff know pupils well
- Excellent attendance rates and low persistent absence with a welcoming atmosphere
- Good personal development programme with real-life experiences, trips and community involvement
- Pupils feel safe and happy with low rates of bullying and rare discriminatory comments
- Early years children benefit from well-designed outdoor learning environments
Areas for Improvement
- Writing teaching needs to build knowledge and skills step-by-step, with gaps still remaining from previous phonics approach
- Teachers do not consistently check learning or identify gaps, meaning some pupils progress more slowly than they should
- Quality of pupil work varies too much across core subjects, with key skills not securely developed over time
- Assessment practices need improvement to better identify learning gaps, particularly for pupils with SEND
- Leadership plans for improvement lack precise measures and close monitoring of impact
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met, with leaders maintaining an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
Breakfast club, team challenge days, trips (nature reserve, World War 2 sites), Hindu dance workshop, local summer fete, church events, first aid training, emergency services visits
Sutton Upon Derwent Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a happy, inclusive school at the heart of its community with a caring culture, but faces challenges in ensuring consistent teaching quality and addressing gaps in core skills like reading, writing and mathematics.
At a Glance
6.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
2025/26 academic year
Class Sizes
22.3
Avg class size
18.5
KS2
4
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
86%
Available places
103 pupils
120 capacity
17 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - York
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for York
Admissions Demand - East Riding of Yorkshire
Places available
3,947
Applications
2,799
Got 1st preference
96.2%
Got preferred school
98.8%
Primary admissions across East Riding of Yorkshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(7)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.15982%
Overall absence
12.5%
Persistent absence
64
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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