Northfield Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
Not published
From East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2024
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Northfield Infant School is a primary school in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.
Northfield Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, there were 44 first-choice applications for 48 offers: 0.9 first choices per offer, the 22nd lowest of 117 East Riding of Yorkshire primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- The published admission number for Reception 2027 is 60 places.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Riding of Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Southfield Close, Driffield, YO25 5YN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 158 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Driffield Northfield Infant School is a warm and welcoming school in the heart of its community.”
- “Pupils, parents and staff talk proudly of ‘Team Northfield’.”
- “Pupils are happy and safe because staff care about them.”
To improve
- “Most of this extra help is effective but there is some variability.”
- “This is, in part, because of some recent staff changes and the quality of planning.”
- “This is not the case in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 44 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
- Driffield Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Driffield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Nafferton Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Garton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.9 mi Good
- Hutton Cranswick Community Primary School 4.0 mi Good
- Kilham Church of England Voluntary Controlled School 4.1 mi School remains Good
- Burton Agnes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- North Frodingham Primary School 5.5 mi No Ofsted grade