Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Selby, 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 🔒
Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School is a primary school in Selby, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 November 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Thorpe Willoughby 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 34 first-choice applications for 42 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the 16th lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, whereas places ran out in 2011, the other year with a published outcome.
- 27.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.6% 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
- Londesborough Grove, Fox Lane, Thorpe Willoughby, Selby, YO8 9NX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 246 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 November 2023
Strengths
- “Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School is a caring and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are friendly, welcoming and enjoy school.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are warm, positive and nurturing.”
To improve
- “However, pupils cannot recall what they have learned in depth or talk about similarities and differences.”
- “The school has not yet developed effective strategies to ensure pupils remember this aspect of the curriculum.”
- “This impacts on pupils’ readiness for life in modern Britain.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 53% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 34 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.
- Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brayton Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Selby Community Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published