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St Oswald's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 321Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 121535URN

Heslington Lane, Fulford, York, YO10 4LX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2019
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to York median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in York

86 applications for 43 places · 26th of 41 in York
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
72%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2019
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2024

Inspection history

  1. 10 April 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 19 March 2019
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.0applications per place, Reception
close to York median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

86 applications · 43 places offered · 52 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; York median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.1; York median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.6; York median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.9; York median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.7; York median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.2; York median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.8; York median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.6; York median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.8; York median median 2.3
  10. 2017 1.8; York median median 2.1
  11. 2016 1.9; York median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.7; York median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.7; York median median 1.8
More applications per place than the York median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • York median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202643862.0521.21
Sep 202543892.1511.19
Sep 202445731.6360.80
Sep 202345851.9461.02
Sep 202243741.7380.88
Sep 2021451002.2541.20
Sep 202038671.8310.82
Sep 201946731.6410.89
Sep 201843791.8420.98
Sep 201737671.8360.97
Sep 201645851.9511.13
Sep 201544741.7451.02
Sep 201440661.7390.98

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 74% · Maths 79% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard72%14th of 47 in York
Reading
Expected standard81%
Higher standard47%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard74%
Greater depth21%
Maths
Expected standard79%
Higher standard38%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • York median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2572%17%107105
2023/2463%4%106104
2022/2364%7%107106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
121535 · 816/3156
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
315 pupils · 321 on roll
Free school meals
14.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Heslington Lane, Fulford, York, YO10 4LX
Local authority
York

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources