Norton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Malton, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Norton Community Primary School is a primary school in Malton, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Norton 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 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 74% was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire that have results.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 25.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17% 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
- Grove Street, Norton, Malton, YO17 9BG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 545 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2022
Strengths
- “It retains a firm ‘family’ feeling.”
- “Leaders and staff know the pupils and their families very well.”
- “Pupils say that they are proud and happy to attend this school.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that there is more to do to check that assessment is used consistently.”
- “However, this is not the case for all subjects.”
- “In some subjects, teachers do not plan activities that help pupils to build knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2022 (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) | 74% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 54 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.
- Malton Primary Academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Settrington All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langton Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Amotherby Community Primary School 3.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Rillington Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Leavening Community Primary School 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Welburn Community Primary School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published