St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School
Church Lane, Ripon, HG4 2ES
This school is closed (it closed in February 2024).
It was replaced by St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jill Allen
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (rc)
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 153
- URN
- 121638
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Ripon. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 153 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 20 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.60 | - |
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 St Wilfrid's Catholic 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 | 62% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 148 |
| 2023/24 | 153 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 67% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5% | 7% | 153 | — |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 78% | 4.1% | 8.4% | 151 | 0.0 miles |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 62% | 3.9% | 19.6% | 335 | 0.1 miles |
| Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School | 72% | 2.6% | 12.8% | 210 | 0.6 miles |
| Moorside Primary School & Nursery | 61% | 4.1% | 27.8% | 169 | 0.7 miles |
| Outwood Primary Academy Greystone | 80% | 4.2% | 38.2% | 169 | 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7%
- English as an additional language
- 25.5%
- Overall absence
- 5%
- Persistent absence
- 7.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Ripon
-
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Ripon
-
Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ripon
-
Moorside Primary School & Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Ripon
-
Outwood Primary Academy Greystone0.9 miles
Primary · Ripon
Other 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
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery 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
Common questions
- What year groups does St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Ripon.
- Has St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Wilfrid's Catholic 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 St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School?
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School had 153 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Wilfrid's Catholic 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 9 July 2024.