St Oswald’s CE Primary School is a Church of England school situated in the heart of Fulford, York. We are fortunate to have a wonderful school building, with spacious, welcoming learning environments and extensive outdoor spaces that provide children with opportunities to learn, play and explore. We enjoy close links with our local church have Fulford library as our next-door neighbour!

Fulford Preschool also shares our site, providing nursery education for children aged 2–4. This provision is run separately to our school.

We have approximately 320 pupils on roll, aged 4–11, and welcome families from across Fulford and the surrounding areas. We are also proud to have strong links with the local service community, with many children from service families based at the nearby barracks attending our school.

Our school is organised into two Reception classes, which share an outdoor learning area. We love making the most of our outdoor environment, whatever the weather! Beyond Reception, we work and play within phases. Our class organisation is based on dates of birth with two straight aged classes and one mixed age class per phase. For example, Key Stage 1 will have:

• One class with the youngest Year 1 children
• One class with a mixed age of the oldest Year 1 children and the youngest Year 2 children
• One class with the oldest Year 2 children

This structure allows us to provide a flexible and responsive approach to teaching and learning. We carefully consider the needs, abilities and starting points of every child, ensuring that learning is appropriately pitched and that all pupils are supported and challenged to achieve their very best. Where appropriate, children are also taught in year groups for specific aspects of the curriculum, particularly in core subjects.

The school has the highest of ambitions for all pupils. These ambitions are both academic
and social. The broad, exciting curriculum, sparks interest and curiosity in the pupils, who
have a thirst for new knowledge. (Ofsted 2024)