Driffield Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Driffield · YO25 5HN · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 7–11
- KS247%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM29.8%
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 117916
Northfield Infant School
Community school · Driffield · YO25 5YN
Ages 4–7 · 158 pupils · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
6.2%
Admissions demand
0.98 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-04-30
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)16.8%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 119
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.98 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
57
Places offered
58
1st-preference offers
57
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 81
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 58
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill88%
158 pupils · 180 places
- Pupils on roll
- 158
- Boys / girls
- 95 / 63
- School capacity
- 180
- Capacity fill
- 158 / 180 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 17.1%
- FSM pupils
- 27
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–7
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Woolhouse
Location
- Address
- Southfield Close
- Postcode
- YO25 5YN
- Town
- Driffield
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- District
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–7, in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, 158 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 17.1%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Driffield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Driffield · YO25 6RS · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 4–7
- Absence5.4%
- FSM23.6%
- Demand1.00
0.9 miles away
Nafferton Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Driffield · YO25 4LJ · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 4–11
- KS284%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM9.5%
- Demand1.00
1.7 miles away
Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Driffield · YO25 3EX · East Riding of Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS263%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM17.4%
- Demand1.00
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Woolhouse
- Telephone
- 01377257487