St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy

About St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy

St George’s Catholic Primary School in York was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2018, and a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed that it remains Good. The school’s strongest academic metric comes from Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year, where 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure matches the York local authority average exactly, placing the school in the middle of the pack locally — 27th out of 47 primary schools in the area. While the combined expected score is solid, the school’s higher-attaining pupils are less numerous: only 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects. The school also sits in the bottom 50% nationally on this measure, ranking 7,000th out of 13,686 primaries. Still, individual subject scores tell a more nuanced story, with reading and maths both above the national average.

Looking at individual subjects, the picture brightens. In reading, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard and 41% achieved the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 108. Maths saw 76% at the expected level and 28% at the higher level, with an average score of 106. Writing was the weakest area: 66% met the expected standard and only 14% reached the higher standard. The school has no Progress 8 data available for Key Stage 2, so it’s not possible to see how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. In the local context, four York primaries are rated Outstanding, with the nearest being Knavesmire Primary School, 1.2 km away. St George’s has held a Good rating across both its recent inspections, with leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all judged Good in the 2018 graded inspection.

The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 reception entry, it received 48 applications for 30 places, with 29 of those coming as first preferences. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 1.6, meaning competition is moderate but real. Facilities include a Forest School, a sensory room, a chapel, a sports hall, and an ICT suite. Clubs range from coding and art to gardening and film club, while sports on offer include football, netball, tennis, athletics and cross country. The school’s SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With a nursery on site and a Roman Catholic character, St George’s suits families who want a faith-based primary with a broad range of activities and a clear focus on supporting pupils with additional needs.

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