Badger Hill Primary Academy

About Badger Hill Primary Academy

Badger Hill Primary Academy is a state primary school in York that currently educates 190 pupils, operating below its official capacity of 210 places. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 18.9%, which is worth noting in the context of the local authority average. The school is clearly in demand: for the 2025/26 academic year, it received 71 total applications for just 26 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2.73. Of those, 21 were first-preference applications, and all 21 received offers. This suggests a school that local families are actively choosing, despite not being the most academically selective option in the area. The school is mixed, non-denominational, and caters for children aged 4 to 11 under headteacher Vicky Hunter. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in October 2024, confirmed that standards were maintained, and the school retains its overall Good rating, with leadership and management also judged Good.

Academically, Badger Hill’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 paint a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 61%, which sits just below the York local authority average of 62%. In individual subjects, 74% met the expected standard in reading, the same in writing, and 74% in maths. At the higher standard, the school saw 23% in reading, 6% in writing, and 39% in maths achieving the higher threshold, though the combined higher standard was just 6%. Average scaled scores were 105 in both reading and maths. Nationally, the school ranks in the 54th percentile, and within Yorkshire and the Humber it sits around the midpoint. In the York local authority, it ranks 28th out of 47 primary schools. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to intake, but the results are broadly in line with local norms.

The school offers a range of facilities including a dining hall, playing fields, an ICT suite, an outdoor playground, a forest school area, and a chapel. Sports provision covers tennis, football, netball, cricket, dance, athletics and cross country, while clubs include science, art, coding, chess and book club. For SEND, the school supports pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. Parent views are very positive: 90% of respondents would recommend the school, and 94% agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy. The school is oversubscribed, so families applying will need to be aware of the competition for places. Badger Hill suits families looking for a well-regarded, community-focused primary in York with strong pastoral feedback and a broad extracurricular offer, rather than a school pushing for top academic rankings.

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