Wavell 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 🔒
Wavell Community Primary School is a primary school in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Wavell 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 17 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 54th lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, but places ran out in both 2011 and 2019, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Wavell Road, Catterick Garrison, DL9 3BJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 July 2022
Strengths
- “Wavell Infant School has a distinct identity, underpinned by its strong links with the armed forces.”
- “All pupils are welcomed and quickly made to feel at home.”
- “This is a nurturing environment.”
To improve
- “This is not consistent across the wider curriculum subjects.”
- “Assessment in these areas does not allow staff to accurately check how much of the curriculum has been learned.”
- “This level of support is not consistent from all adults.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 September 2022 (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) | 41% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 16 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.
- Carnagill Community Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hipswell Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Cambrai Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Colburn Community Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Richmond 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Richmond Methodist Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published