Reedness Primary School
Main Street, Reedness, Goole, DN14 8HG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Herbert
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 44
- URN
- 117939
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01405704264
About this school
Reedness Primary School is a community primary school in Reedness, Goole. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 44 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Reedness Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | - | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | - | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | - | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | - | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Reedness Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 29 |
| 2024/25 | 31 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Reedness Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 98% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3% | 12% | 44 | — |
| Swinefleet Primary School | 60% | 6.4% | 30.7% | 86 | 2.3 miles |
| Hook Church of England Primary School | 65% | 3.7% | 13.7% | 183 | 3.2 miles |
| Kingsway Primary School | 33% | 7.6% | 39.3% | 383 | 3.3 miles |
| Marshlands Primary School | 39% | 6.3% | 45.5% | 221 | 3.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Goole | 63% | 4.7% | 33.3% | 102 | 3.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12%
- English as an additional language
- 6.5%
- Overall absence
- 2.96%
- Persistent absence
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Swinefleet Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Goole
-
Hook Church of England Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Goole
-
Kingsway Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Goole
-
Marshlands Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Goole
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Goole3.7 miles
Primary · Goole
Common questions
- What ages does Reedness Primary School teach?
- Reedness Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Reedness, Goole.
- Who is the headteacher of Reedness Primary School?
- The headteacher of Reedness Primary School is Mr Matthew Herbert, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Reedness Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Reedness Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Reedness Primary School?
- Reedness Primary School has 44 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Reedness Primary School full?
- Reedness Primary School has capacity for 120 pupils and 44 on roll (37%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Reedness Primary School a faith school?
- No. Reedness Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Reedness Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Reedness Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What is Reedness Primary School's absence rate?
- Reedness Primary School's overall absence rate is 3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Reedness Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Reedness Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.