Lindhead School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.391 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Lindhead School is a primary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 July 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Lindhead 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 | 2.391 mi |
| 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 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 for Reception, the last child offered a place lived 2.391 miles away, the 21st shortest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2024 and 2019, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 23% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Limestone Road, Burniston, Scarborough, YO13 0DG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 July 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders have created a warm and welcoming ethos.”
- “Pupils and staff feel they are valued members of the school community.”
- “Pupils say that staff look after them well and listen if they have any concerns.”
To improve
- “Leaders know they need to further refine the learning sequence in some subjects such as art.”
- “They are not always able to link prior learning with current learning.”
- “A small number of staff are not trained to help pupils apply their phonic knowledge when they read to an adult.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 23% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Newby and Scalby Academy 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary School 2.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Barrowcliff School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hackness Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gladstone Road Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Friarage Community Academy 3.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published