Thornton in Craven Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Thornton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thornton in Craven Community Primary School is a primary school in Thornton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Thornton in Craven 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 | Not published |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, 9 first-choice applications for 11 offers; 19 of the 26 applications (73%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 8 offers went to them.
- 2.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire is 10%.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2024 figure was nearer the school than in 2021 and further than in 2011.
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
- Cam Lane, Thornton-in-Craven, BD23 3SX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 91 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school is a happy place with a strong sense of community and a ‘family feel’ to it.”
- “Pupils are kind and accepting of one another.”
- “Pupils and staff form warm relationships.”
To improve
- “In a small number of foundation subjects, such as art and design, the school has not considered fully the essential knowledge that pupils should learn.”
- “Assessment processes in these subjects are at the early stages of development, including in key stage 2.”
- “This means that staff are less certain about the knowledge that should be taught and checked.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 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) | 85% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 9 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.
- Lothersdale Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gargrave Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cowling Community Primary School 5.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cononley Primary School 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy 5.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published