Wigginton 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 🔒
Wigginton 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 10 November 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Wigginton 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 33 of the 47 other York primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
- 22% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 8%).
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
- Westfield Lane, Wigginton, York, YO32 2FZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 247 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 November 2023
Strengths
- “In the words of one pupil, ‘Every day is an adventure at Wigginton.”
- “The school provides a happy, caring and stimulating environment which challenges pupils to solve problems, be resilient and support others.”
- “Pupils are proud to come to this school.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that there is more to do, in some subjects, to ensure that the specific learning they want pupils to remember is defined further.”
- “However, leaders recognise that there is more to do to ensure that mathematics is taught consistently so that it supports future learning when in Year 1.”
- “The school recognises that historically, there have been delays in ensuring that support is put in place for pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 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) | 78% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 35 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.
- Headlands Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ralph Butterfield Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- New Earswick Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Huntington Primary Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skelton Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Lakeside Primary Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published