Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Whitby, 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided School is a primary school in Whitby, North Yorkshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2 of the 18 Reception 2026 applications (11%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 2 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 22 pupils per teacher, while the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire is 10.
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
- Ainthorpe Lane, Danby, Whitby, YO21 2NG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 44 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school here.”
- “The caring ethos runs throughout the school.”
- “Pupils live out the school’s values of trust, friendship and respect on a daily basis.”
To improve
- “Leaders are aware that some pupils do not meet a diverse range of people and cultures.”
- “Historically, pupils do not achieve as well in mathematics as they do in reading and writing.”
- “The full impact of these changes is yet to be seen in published outcomes.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2026 (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) | 57% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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.
- Castleton Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lealholm Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Glaisdale Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 6.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ingleby Greenhow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 7.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rosedale Abbey Community Primary School 7.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakridge Community Primary School 7.9 mi Not judged Last distance published