Pollington-Balne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
6.002 miles
Published by East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Pollington-Balne Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 10 April 2024. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Pollington-Balne Church of England Primary 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 2025 | 6.002 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2025 the last child offered a Reception place lived 6.002 miles away, the longest of the 6 East Riding of Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 10 of the 23 applications (43%) for 2026 Reception entry came from families living outside East Riding of Yorkshire, and 7 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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
- Balne Moor Road, Pollington, Goole, DN14 0DZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 126 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 10 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and attend regularly.”
- “They feel safe, well cared for and supported by staff who help them to do their best.”
- “Pupils trust staff and know who they can talk to if they are worried.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not achieve as well as they should in some areas of learning.”
- “They need further support to develop their writing knowledge.”
- “The support that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and lower attaining pupils to access learning are not consistently effective.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Snaith Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cowick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Rawcliffe Primary School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rawcliffe Bridge Primary School 5.5 mi Not judged
- Barmby-on-the-Marsh Primary School 7.7 mi School remains Good
- Airmyn Park Primary School 8.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boothferry Primary School 8.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkside Primary School 8.5 mi Not judged