Moorside Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Ripon, 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 🔒
Moorside Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Ripon, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Moorside Primary School & Nursery 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome; in 2011, places ran out.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 24.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.9% 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
- Harrogate Road, Ripon, HG4 1SU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 169 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “Moorside Primary School and Nursery lies at the very heart of its community.”
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), establish positive relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “However, in key stage 1, some pupils have books that are too difficult and not well matched to their phonic ability.”
- “This means that they struggle to practise and reinforce what they have learned.”
- “In some subjects, these facts, while interesting, are not the most useful in helping pupils to remember the important aspects of what they have been taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 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) | 61% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sharow Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published