Moorside Primary School & Nursery
Harrogate Road, Ripon, HG4 1SU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Rowett
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 169
- URN
- 121427
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01765604208
About this school
Moorside Primary School & Nursery is a community primary school in Ripon. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 169 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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 | 29 | 28 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 68% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 71% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 79% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 79% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
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 Moorside Primary School & Nursery 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 | 55% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 168 |
| 2023/24 | 172 |
| 2024/25 | 173 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moorside Primary School & Nursery compares
Moorside Primary School & Nursery ranked 124th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 4.1% | 27.8% | 169 | — |
| Outwood Primary Academy Greystone | 80% | 4.2% | 38.2% | 169 | 0.3 miles |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 78% | 4.1% | 8.4% | 151 | 0.7 miles |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 62% | 3.9% | 19.6% | 335 | 0.7 miles |
| Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School | 72% | 2.6% | 12.8% | 210 | 0.8 miles |
| Sharow Church of England Primary School | 31% | 5.2% | 20.2% | 76 | 1.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.75%
- English as an additional language
- 19.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.08%
- Persistent absence
- 7.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Outwood Primary Academy Greystone0.3 miles
Primary · Ripon
-
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Ripon
-
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ripon
-
Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Ripon
-
Sharow Church of England Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Ripon
Other schools in Ripon
Moorside Primary School & Nursery ranks 7th of the 11 ranked primary schools in Ripon.
- Fountains Church of England Primary School Primary
- Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Masham CofE Primary School Primary
- North Stainley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone Primary
- Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sharow Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield Primary
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Moorside Primary School & Nursery teach?
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Ripon.
- Who is the headteacher of Moorside Primary School & Nursery?
- The headteacher of Moorside Primary School & Nursery is Mrs Claire Rowett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Moorside Primary School & Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moorside Primary School & Nursery, 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 Moorside Primary School & Nursery?
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery has 169 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Moorside Primary School & Nursery full?
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery has capacity for 210 pupils and 169 on roll (80%), 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 Moorside Primary School & Nursery a faith school?
- No. Moorside Primary School & Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Moorside Primary School & Nursery have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Moorside Primary School & Nursery as having no nursery classes.
- How have Moorside Primary School & Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moorside Primary School & Nursery rank locally?
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery ranked 124th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Moorside Primary School & Nursery's absence rate?
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Moorside Primary School & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moorside Primary School & Nursery'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.