Poppleton Road Primary School
Poppleton Road, York, YO26 4UP
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Poppleton Road Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Debbie Glover
- Constituency
- York Central
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 396
- URN
- 121281
- Local authority
- York
About this school
Poppleton Road Primary School was a community primary school in York. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 396 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Poppleton Road Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 |
| Writing progress | -0.30 |
| Maths progress | -1.10 |
How Poppleton Road Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 60% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.6% | 23.2% | 396 | — |
| Poppleton Road Primary School | 64% | 5.7% | 24.6% | 404 | 0.0 miles |
| Carr Junior School | 64% | 5.4% | 26.2% | 232 | 0.5 miles |
| Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 0% | 6.5% | 36.5% | 76 | 0.5 miles |
| Acomb Primary School | 55% | 3.5% | 14.4% | 312 | 0.6 miles |
| Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy | 61% | 4.6% | 5.9% | 415 | 0.8 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.2%
- English as an additional language
- 11.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.6%
- Persistent absence
- 14.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Poppleton Road Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · York
-
Carr Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · York
- 0.5 miles
-
Acomb Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · York
- 0.8 miles
Other 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 ages does Poppleton Road Primary School teach?
- Poppleton Road Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in York.
- Has Poppleton Road Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Poppleton Road Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Poppleton Road Primary School?
- Poppleton Road Primary School had 396 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- What are Poppleton Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Poppleton Road 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 12 September 2023.