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

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

YorkLocal Authority

York CentralConstituency

YO31 0QQPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in York, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 175 pupils. St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 32%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 99
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

175

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 175
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
12 Mar 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
21 Dec 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.