Dringhouses Primary School
St Helen's Road, Dringhouses, York, YO24 1HW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Scott-South
- Constituency
- York Outer
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 312
- URN
- 121276
- Local authority
- York
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01904553940
About this school
Dringhouses Primary School is a community primary school in York. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 312 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 46 | 45 | 40 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 80% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 20% | 15% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 84% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 87% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 84% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Dringhouses 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 | York average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78% | 63.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 61.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 61.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 308 |
| 2023/24 | 308 |
| 2024/25 | 308 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dringhouses Primary School compares
Dringhouses Primary School ranked 17th of 47 primary schools in York for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 4.3% | 9.7% | 312 | — |
| Hob Moor Community Primary Academy | 48% | 7.5% | 47.3% | 243 | 0.7 miles |
| Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy | 61% | 4.6% | 5.9% | 415 | 0.8 miles |
| Woodthorpe Primary School | 69% | 4.8% | 19.5% | 450 | 0.8 miles |
| Acomb Primary School | 55% | 3.5% | 14.4% | 312 | 0.9 miles |
| Knavesmire Primary School | 84% | 3.3% | 9.1% | 484 | 0.9 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9.74%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.26%
- Persistent absence
- 7.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hob Moor Community Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · York
- 0.8 miles
-
Woodthorpe Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · York
-
Acomb Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · York
-
Knavesmire Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · York
Other schools in York
Dringhouses Primary School ranks 36th of the 93 ranked primary schools in York.
- Acomb Primary School Primary
- Appleton Roebuck Primary School Primary
- Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe Primary
- Badger Hill Primary Academy Primary
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School Primary
- Barmby Moor Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Wilton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Bishopthorpe Infant School Primary
- Boroughbridge Primary School Primary
- Bugthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Burton Green Primary School Primary
- Carr Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dringhouses Primary School teach?
- Dringhouses Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in York.
- Who is the headteacher of Dringhouses Primary School?
- The headteacher of Dringhouses Primary School is Mrs Claire Scott-South, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dringhouses Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dringhouses 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 big is Dringhouses Primary School?
- Dringhouses Primary School has 312 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Dringhouses Primary School full?
- Dringhouses Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 312 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Dringhouses Primary School a faith school?
- No. Dringhouses Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Dringhouses Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Dringhouses Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Dringhouses Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dringhouses Primary School rank locally?
- Dringhouses Primary School ranked 17th of 47 primary schools in York for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dringhouses Primary School's absence rate?
- Dringhouses Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dringhouses Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dringhouses 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.