Leconfield Primary School

About Leconfield Primary School

Leconfield Primary School was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, with inspectors awarding Good across every category they assessed — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years provision, and leadership and management. That consistency matters, but the real story is in the school's Key Stage 2 results. In the 2023/24 academic year, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is slightly below the East Riding of Yorkshire local authority average of 61%, and it places the school 63rd out of 106 primary schools in the area. However, the picture is more nuanced than that single headline figure suggests. In writing, 86% of pupils met the expected standard, and 81% did so in maths — both strong showings. Where the school falls short is at the higher end: only 5% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects, and just 10% did so in reading, maths or writing individually.

Digging deeper into the data, the school's average scaled scores in reading and maths both sit at 103, which is exactly the national average. That tells you the typical pupil is hitting the expected benchmark, but the school is not pushing many children into the top tier. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is hard to say whether pupils arrive below or above where they should be. The Ofsted report from 2024 noted that behaviour and attitudes are Good, and 94% of parents who responded to the Parent View survey said their child is happy at the school, with 94% also agreeing their child feels safe. That is a strong vote of confidence. The school's ranking in the bottom 50 nationally on the combined expected standard metric reflects the relatively low proportion reaching the higher threshold, but the school is not an outlier — it sits around the middle of the pack in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Leconfield is a small primary school with 138 pupils against a capacity of 189, so there is room to grow. It was oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 21 first-preference applications for 21 places, meaning every family who put it first got a spot. The school offers a nursery provision for children from age three, and its facilities include a sensory room, music rooms, an ICT suite, playing fields and a gymnasium. Clubs cover coding, chess, eco club and drama, while sports include rounders, dance, cricket, athletics and tennis. The school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder — though the Parent View data on SEND support had no responses, so it is hard to gauge parent satisfaction there. This is a school that suits families looking for a solid, Good-rated village primary where most children meet expectations in writing and maths, and where safety and happiness are clear strengths.

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