Fishergate Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Fishergate Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Fishergate 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 23 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 47 York primary schools; every applicant was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 19.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22 across the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 20.3% of pupils, compared with a middle figure of 15.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other York schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fishergate, York, YO10 4AP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 291 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023
Strengths
- “Fishergate Primary School is a special place for pupils to learn, develop and grow.”
- “Pupils, staff, governors and parents and carers are proud to be part of its community.”
- “This collaboration supports the school’s aim to ‘achieve great things together’.”
To improve
- “Some groups of pupils do not make as much progress as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2023 (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) | 57% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 23 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 York.
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Scarcroft Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Knavesmire Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Tang Hall Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published