Barlby Bridge Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · York, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Barlby Bridge Community Primary School is a primary school in York, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 April 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Barlby Bridge 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 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in both 2018 and 2019, with sharp swings between some years.
- 2024/25: 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 34% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.6% 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
- Thomas Street, Barlby Road, Selby, York, YO8 5AA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 144 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 April 2024
Strengths
- “The school is proud of its ‘family feel’ that contributes to everyone feeling a valued member of the Barlby Bridge community.”
- “Staff know all the pupils as individuals.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are positive and nurturing.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, however, this approach is still developing.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not acquire knowledge as effectively.”
- “While overall, parents are happy with the quality of education the school provides, a few expressed concerns about the effectiveness of the school’s communication with them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 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) | 73% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Selby Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Staynor Hall Primary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barlby Community Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Brayton Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published