Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 May 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate 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 | Not published |
| 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The school had 8 pupils on roll in the January 2026 school census, with a published admission number of 6 places for Reception 2027.
- It has 5.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- No last distance was published for Reception 2026 admissions to this school.
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
- Chop Gate, Bilsdale, Middlesbrough, TS9 7JL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 8 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this rural school.”
- “They arrive at school each morning ready to learn and are warmly welcomed by leaders and staff.”
- “Leaders have developed a caring and nurturing ethos which helps pupils to thrive.”
To improve
- “Pupils can recall recent learning but are not yet making links to previous work.”
- “Opportunities to revisit learning and embed it are not used consistently.”
- “Leaders acknowledge that the newly implemented work linked to personal development is ongoing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 0 first-preference applications, 0 offers in total, 0 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.
- Kirkby and Great Broughton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ingleby Greenhow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stokesley Primary Academy 6.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Osmotherley Primary School 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton 6.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hutton Rudby Primary School 7.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Roseberry Academy 7.1 mi Good Last distance published