Welburn, York, North Yorkshire YO60 7DX
10 reasons to choose Welburn Community Primary School
Top line
Welburn Community Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in York and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Welburn Community Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 14 members of Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection.
Average class size
Welburn Community Primary School has three mixed-age classes and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Welburn Community Primary School ranks in the top 8% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 22% of schools.
The Welburn Community Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Welburn Community Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Welburn Community Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 9.00am to 3.30pm. Breakfast club from 7.30am and after school clubs may extend the day.
Find another school near Welburn Community Primary School
Terrington Hall Prep School (4 miles); St Peter’s 2-8 and 8-13 (14 miles).
Terrington Church of England Primary School (4.1 miles).
Bootham School (13.8 miles); St Peter’s School, York (14 miles); Ampleforth College (14.1 miles).
Malton School (5.5 miles); Huntington School (11.6 miles); Ryedale School (12.9 miles).