Colburn Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Colburn Community Primary School is a primary school in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Colburn Community 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 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, but places ran out in 2011, the 1 earlier year with a published outcome.
- 42.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.5% 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
- Colburn Lane, Colburn, Catterick Garrison, DL9 4LS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming and happy school that pupils are proud to attend.”
- “Pupils know that they are safe here.”
- “Pupils are polite and demonstrate high levels of self-control, both in and out of the classroom.”
To improve
- “On occasions, their understanding is not as developed as well as it could be.”
- “The school is working to close some of these gaps.”
- “In some subjects, this is not consistently the case and pupils’ learning is less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 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) | 36% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- Hipswell Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cambrai Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brompton-on-Swale Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wavell Community Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Carnagill Community Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Richmond Methodist Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published