Staveley Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.540 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Staveley Community Primary School is a primary school in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Staveley 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 | 3.540 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- At 3.540 miles, the 2026 Reception last distance offered was the 14th longest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.61 miles).
- For Reception in 2026 there were 13 first-choice applications for 12 offers; 11 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 23% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Minskip Lane, Staveley, Knaresborough, HG5 9LQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 86 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and carers and staff are, rightly, proud to be part of this school’s community.”
- “The school’s friendly and welcoming atmosphere enables new pupils to settle quickly.”
- “They soon feel part of the school’s ‘family’.”
To improve
- “The school is aware that, for some subjects, more time is needed to evaluate the impact of the curriculum on pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 June 2024 (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) | 77% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 11 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.
- Roecliffe CofE Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Scotton Lingerfield Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boroughbridge Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadowside Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published