Bedale Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Bedale, 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bedale Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Bedale, North Yorkshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Bedale Church of England 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2nd highest of this school and 6 of the 8 nearest North Yorkshire primary schools that have results.
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 32 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, whereas places ran out in 2011 and 2021, the earlier years with a published outcome.
- 14.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 8.8% 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
- Firby Road, Bedale, DL8 2AT
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 316 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this welcoming and caring school.”
- “Staff have high expectations about how hard pupils should work and how they should conduct themselves.”
- “Pupils rise to these expectations and achieve well.”
To improve
- “Pupils generally enjoy the challenging activities teachers provide but in some subjects the tasks set do not require pupils to think deeply enough.”
- “However, despite this, the curriculum in geography, and some other subjects, does not enable pupils to apply their subject-specific knowledge in sophisticated ways.”
- “For instance, pupils do not get the chance to explore cause and effect when they write about events in history.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 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) | 77% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 31 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.
- Leeming St. John's Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Crakehall Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Snape Community Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Leeming RAF Community Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Masham CofE Primary School 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published