Welburn Community Primary School
Welburn, York, YO60 7DX
This school is closed (it closed in September 2024).
It was replaced by Welburn Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Helen Thomson
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 95
- Pupils on roll
- 53
- URN
- 121327
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Welburn Community Primary School was a community primary school in York. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 53 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Welburn Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 83% | 100% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 0% | 29% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 92% | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 83% | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 92% | 100% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 112.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 112.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.20 | - | - |
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 Welburn Community 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 | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 100% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | 53 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Welburn Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 100% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 72% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 100% | 4.8% | 17% | 53 | — |
| Welburn Community Primary School | — | 4.7% | 17.4% | 47 | 0.0 miles |
| Foston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 43% | 4% | 15.5% | 58 | 2.7 miles |
| Terrington Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | — | 4.6% | 34.8% | 28 | 3.5 miles |
| Amotherby Community Primary School | 71% | 3.8% | 10.7% | 185 | 3.9 miles |
| Slingsby Community Primary School | 64% | 4.1% | 9.1% | 87 | 4.5 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17%
- English as an additional language
- 7.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.8%
- Persistent absence
- 9.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Welburn Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · York
-
Foston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · York
-
Terrington Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · York
-
Amotherby Community Primary School3.9 miles
Primary · Malton
-
Slingsby Community Primary School4.5 miles
Primary · York
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 year groups does Welburn Community Primary School teach?
- Welburn Community Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in York.
- Has Welburn Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Welburn Community 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 big is Welburn Community Primary School?
- Welburn Community Primary School had 53 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Welburn Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 100% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Welburn Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Welburn Community 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 September 2024.