Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary SchoolSt Mary's Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Selby.

Summary of the comparison

Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School and St Mary's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Selby.

  • Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Mary's Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School was judged Good and St Mary's Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 53.0% for Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School and 48.0% for St Mary's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School (58.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at St Mary's Catholic Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School versus St Mary's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SelbyThorpe Willoughby Community Primary SchoolSelbySt Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100C63/100Stronger figure
Local ranking110th of 282 in North Yorkshire 77th of 282 in North Yorkshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll251 182
Capacity315 210
LocationSelby, YO8 9NX Selby, YO8 9AX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard53.0% Stronger figure48.0% 62.0%
At higher standard11.0% 12.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census251 182
Free school meals (ever 6)27.9% 10.4%
English as an additional language2.4% 13.7%
SEN support12.8% 10.4%
SEN with an EHC plan6.0% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence6.6% 4.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence21.4% 11.9% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Full profiles: Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School · St Mary's Catholic Primary School