Romanby Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Romanby Primary School is a primary school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Romanby 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 |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- Reception places ran out in 2019, 2020 and 2021, and the last distance offered swung sharply between those years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
- Of its pupils, 11.8% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 19% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Close, Romanby, Northallerton, DL7 8BL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “Romanby Primary School is a welcoming place where pupils are happy and feel cared for.”
- “Building relationships is a priority of this school.”
- “Parents, carers and pupils highly value the strong sense of community.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils struggle when they are unsure what to do to complete other mathematics tasks independently.”
- “However, some pupils at an earlier stage of learning to read do not catch up quickly.”
- “There are some occasions when the teaching and organisation of groups lead to some pupils with weaker phonics knowledge being expected to learn the same sounds as their classmates.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 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) | 71% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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 North Yorkshire.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Broomfield School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Applegarth Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Mill Hill Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alverton Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakbridge Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brompton Community Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published