Ralph Butterfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.771 miles
Published by City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ralph Butterfield Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ralph Butterfield 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 | 2.771 mi |
| 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.771 miles away, the 2nd longest of 11 York primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance of 2.771 miles was nearer to the school than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 44 offers: 44 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Station Road, Haxby, York, YO32 3LS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 311 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s motto of ‘Imagine, Believe, Strive and Achieve’ defines the vision of those who are part of the Ralph Butterfield family.”
- “Leaders have the highest ambition for pupils both in their learning and behaviour.”
- “Pupils rise to meet these expectations.”
To improve
- “In some subjects such as history and mathematics, pupils’ misconceptions are not consistently addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 April 2024 (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) | 86% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 44 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 York.
- Headlands Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wigginton Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Huntington Primary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- New Earswick Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Yearsley Grove Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lakeside Primary Academy 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Skelton Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published