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Park Grove Primary Academy

5–11Ages
262Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144266URN

Park Grove, York, YO31 8LG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

close to York median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in York

75 applications for 35 places · 22nd of 41 in York

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

65%met the expected standard

York 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 22 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement			Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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Inspection history

18 November 2025
Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
1 October 2021
Ungraded inspection: School remains 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

2.1applications per place, Reception

close to York median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

75 applications · 35 places offered · 33 named it first

2026 2.1; York median median 2.2
2025 2.5; York median median 2.1
2024 2.3; York median median 2.1
2023 2.1; York median median 2.1
2022 2.3; York median median 2.2
2021 2.0; York median median 2.1
2020 2.2; York median median 2.2
2019 2.2; York median median 2.1
2018 2.3; York median median 2.3
2017 2.3; York median median 2.1
2016 1.8; York median median 2.0; as the previous school
2015 2.2; York median median 2.0; as the previous school
2014 2.6; York median median 1.8; as the previous school

This school
York median

Dashed bars: as Park Grove Primary School (URN 121280), the previous school.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	35	75	2.1	33	0.94
Sep 2025	30	74	2.5	29	0.97
Sep 2024	34	78	2.3	34	1.00
Sep 2023	40	85	2.1	45	1.13
Sep 2022	32	75	2.3	32	1.00
Sep 2021	42	82	2.0	42	1.00
Sep 2020	40	87	2.2	41	1.02
Sep 2019	37	82	2.2	35	0.95
Sep 2018	40	92	2.3	40	1.00
Sep 2017	40	90	2.3	34	0.85
Sep 2016 *	45	80	1.8	43	0.96
Sep 2015 *	37	80	2.2	32	0.86
Sep 2014 *	40	104	2.6	49	1.23

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 75% · Writing 73% · Maths 78% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%22nd of 47 in York

York 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard75%

York 78% England 78%

Higher standard50%

York 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

York 74% England 75%

Greater depth10%

York 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard78%

York 76% England 77%

Higher standard33%

York 26% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
York median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	65%	8%	108	104
2023/24	73%	12%	106	107
2022/23	63%	12%	105	103

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

Park Grove Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2025

2.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy
0.4 km · York

Good2022

2.4applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Haxby Road Primary Academy
0.5 km · York

Remains Good2022

2.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Heworth Church of England Primary School
1.0 km · York

Remains Good2024

6.5applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Tang Hall Primary Academy
1.0 km · York

Good2023

1.6applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Clifton Green Primary School
1.2 km · York

2026

2.1applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
Burton Green Primary School
1.5 km · York

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Yearsley Grove Primary School
1.6 km · York

Good2022

1.8applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Fishergate Primary School
1.7 km · York

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144266 · 816/2012
Trust: Ebor Academy Trust
Capacity: 270 pupils · 262 on roll
Free school meals: 16.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2017
Replaced: Park Grove Primary School (URN 121280)
Address: Park Grove, York, YO31 8LG
Local authority: York

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