Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 33 of the 47 other York primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 10 first-choice applications for 11 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 32.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in York is 22.8%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other York schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Jubilee Terrace, Leeman Road, York, YO26 4YZ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 76 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this inclusive school.”
- “They welcome other pupils who join the school at different points in the year.”
- “Everyone is quick to make friends.”
To improve
- “The outcomes that pupils achieve in statutory assessments have been low over time.”
- “However, pupils’ attainment in writing at the end of key stage 2 has been well below average.”
- “However, some older pupils have not fully benefitted from the changes and some weaknesses in their writing remain.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2025 (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) | 0% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 10 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 York.
- Poppleton Road Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clifton Green Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Acomb Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Scarcroft Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Carr Junior School 1.0 mi Good
- Burton Green Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published