Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Stockton-on-the-Forest 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
- For Reception in 2026, there were 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
- 3 of the 16 Reception applications in 2026 (19%) came from families living outside York, and 2 offers went to them.
- The school has 18 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23 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
- The Village, Stockton-on-the-Forest, York, YO32 9UP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 91 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School is at the heart of its local community.”
- “Leaders have created a friendly and welcoming place for pupils to live out the school’s ethos: ‘happy, healthy, learning for life and caring for all’.”
- “Parents and carers value the family feel of the school.”
To improve
- “For example, leaders have rightly identified that outdoor provision in the early years needs to be improved to reflect the school’s curriculum vision.”
- “Leaders acknowledge that this aspect of the school’s work is not as well established as they want it to be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 June 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) | 65% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- Huntington Primary Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dunnington Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hempland Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Yearsley Grove Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- New Earswick Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ralph Butterfield Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published