Holme-upon-Spalding Moor Primary School
High Street, Holme-upon-Spalding Moor, York, YO43 4HLOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Holme-upon-Spalding Moor Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 157 schools in East Riding of Yorkshire. It ranks 91st of 92 primary schools in York. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025, report published 10 March 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 28 January 2025
Pupils are happy at this rural school. Relationships between pupils and teachers are positive and respectful. All staff have high expectations of pupils' behaviour. Although pupils say that bullying happens from time to time, they recognise that adults do all they can to sort it out. This helps them to feel safe. In a short space of time, leaders have made many positive changes. The school's values of teamwork, resilience, ambition, consideration and kindness are understood by all pupils. Pupils are attentive and engaged during lessons. They work hard. The school provides opportunities for pupils to contribute to the life of the school. For instance, some pupils are members of the school council, while others value their roles as house captains. Pupils' understanding of the protected characteristics and of the many different faiths and beliefs in modern Britain is not secure. Sometimes, the language choices pupils make during playtimes can be inappropriate. Not all pupils recognise the impact of the words they use on others. The school is highly ambitious for pupils to achieve well. However, these aspirations are not yet realised by pupils in all subjects.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects, the sequencing of knowledge pupils should learn is not clear enough. As a result, new learning does not build on what pupils already know, and this leads to gaps in pupils' knowledge and misunderstandings. The school should ensure that, in all subjects, knowledge is sequenced logically and lessons build more precisely on what has been taught before.
- When teaching phonics, pupils' mistakes are not picked up consistently. The books that some pupils read are too difficult. Consequently, pupils are not able to read with the fluency needed to practise the sounds they have learned. The school should sharpen the teaching of the phonics programme to ensure mistakes are addressed quickly and that the books pupils read accurately match the sounds they know.
- The school's curriculum does not provide enough opportunities for pupils to experience the world beyond their immediate locality. Pupils' understanding of the importance of protected characteristics is underdeveloped as is their awareness of different cultures and beliefs. As a result, some pupils do not appreciate the impact of the actions and words they use. The school should provide greater opportunities in the curriculum to broaden pupils' understanding of protected characteristics and of other cultures, faiths and beliefs.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
25 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
221 pupils on roll, with places for 240
Schools near Holme-upon-Spalding Moor Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | 5 miles | Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good | 46% met the expected standard |
| Market Weighton Infant School | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Melbourne Primary School | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 73% met the expected standard |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 60% met the expected standard |
| Eastrington Primary School | 5 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | 56% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mr Brian Blount
- Phone
- 01430860287
- Address
- High Street, Holme-upon-Spalding Moor, York, YO43 4HL
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- URN
- 117852
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.