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

St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in York, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 175 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E147416. [York](https://openindex.co.uk/york)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 175
- Council: York
- URN: 147416

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), January 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 23 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 52% of pupils at St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in York and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | York | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Applefields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/applefields-school-e151970): 370 m. Special. School remains Good, June 2024
- [Osbaldwick Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/osbaldwick-primary-academy-e146028): 640 m. Primary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hempland Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hempland-primary-school-e142844): 780 m. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tang Hall Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tang-hall-primary-academy-e143509): 970 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Heworth Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heworth-church-of-england-primary-school-e142845): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, June 2024. 37% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/archbishop-holgates-school-a-church-of-england-academy-e136617): 1.1 km. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 52.7 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147416)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147416)

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