Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Low Street, Husthwaite, York, YO61 4QA
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Husthwaite Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Miss Fiona Bennett
- Diocese
- Diocese of York
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 56
- URN
- 121502
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in York. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 56 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 4 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 100% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 100% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | - |
| Reading progress | +5.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - |
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 Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 3.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68 |
| 2023/24 | 56 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.2% | 11.3% | 56 | — |
| Husthwaite Church of England Primary School | 88% | 5.3% | 20% | 64 | 0.0 miles |
| Easingwold Community Primary School | 55% | 5.2% | 29.9% | 274 | 3.0 miles |
| Sessay Church of England Primary School | 27% | 3.4% | 11% | 79 | 3.1 miles |
| Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 57% | 5.7% | 14.2% | 106 | 4.0 miles |
| St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 70% | 4.9% | 8.6% | 88 | 5.0 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)
- 11.3%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.2%
- Persistent absence
- 13.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Husthwaite Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · York
-
Easingwold Community Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · York
-
Sessay Church of England Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Thirsk
-
Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · York
- 5.0 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 year groups does Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School teach?
- Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in York.
- Has Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?
- Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 56 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Husthwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 31 August 2024.