Beckwithshaw Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Harrogate, 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 🔒
Beckwithshaw Community Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Beckwithshaw 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
- 91% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2024/25; England 62%), highest of this school and 5 of the 8 nearest North Yorkshire primary schools that have results.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, while places ran out in 2011, the other year with a published outcome.
- 22.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9.4% 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
- Church Row, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, HG3 1QW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 68 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Beckwithshaw is a small school with big ideas.”
- “Leaders have worked swiftly and tirelessly to bring about great improvement in the school.”
- “Staff and parents value the changes that have taken place.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that there is more to do in some subjects to identify the important knowledge they want pupils to remember.”
- “In some other subjects, teachers need further support to adapt learning to ensure pupils can be successful.”
- “They recognise pupils need more opportunity to learn about leadership skills and explore wider interests.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 July 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) | 91% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- Rossett Acre Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Western Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pannal Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Oatlands Infant School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Saltergate Infant School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saltergate Junior School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- North Rigton Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published