Ralph Butterfield Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
York · YO32 3LS · York
Ages 4–11
- KS285%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM7.1%
- Demand1.00
1.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 140471
Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy
Academy converter · York · YO32 5UH
Ages 2–11 · 496 pupils · York
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
54%
Overall absence
3.9%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-12-06
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)54%
Higher standard (RWM)11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)5.9%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 455
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
54
Places offered
54
1st-preference offers
54
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 65
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 54
- Applications from outside LA
- 4
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 3
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 fill75%
496 pupils · 660 places
- Pupils on roll
- 496
- Boys / girls
- 244 / 252
- School capacity
- 660
- Capacity fill
- 496 / 660 (75%)
- Free school meals
- 10.4%
- FSM pupils
- 50
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: EBOR ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- EBOR ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Ebor Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Donna Bedford
Location
- Address
- West End, Strensall
- Postcode
- YO32 5UH
- Town
- York
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- York
- District
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in York, York, 496 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 10.4%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Wigginton Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
York · YO32 2FZ · York
Ages 4–11
- KS275%
- Absence3.7%
- FSM4.5%
- Demand1.00
2.3 miles away
Headlands Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
York · YO32 2YH · York
Ages 4–11
- KS266%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM4.5%
- Demand1.00
2.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Donna Bedford
- Telephone
- 01904806414