St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Paul's 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, from 22 first-choice applications for 24 offers, with 2 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2nd lowest among this school and 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in York that have results.
- At the higher standard, 13% of pupils reached it in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 8%), with 54% at the expected standard (England 62%).
- There are 16.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
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
- St Paul's Terrace, Holgate, York, YO24 4BJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 168 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and learning with their friends.”
- “Pupils are polite, respectful and friendly to each other and to adults.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not assess some subject knowledge precisely in foundation subjects.”
- “As a result, staff do not routinely provide opportunities for pupils to extend their learning further in these subjects.”
- “However, despite leaders’ best efforts, attendance is lower than it should be for some pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 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) | 54% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 22 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.
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Scarcroft Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Acomb Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Poppleton Road Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Knavesmire Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hob Moor Community Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fishergate Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published