Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–7 · Middlesbrough, 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 🔒
Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton is a primary school in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire for ages 4–7 (voluntary controlled school). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Marwood Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School, Great Ayton 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.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but in 2018 places ran out and a last distance was published.
- The school has 15.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23 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
- Low Green, Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, TS9 6NN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 53 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are treasured by the staff at Marwood Church of England Infant School.”
- “Leaders have ensured that the curriculum is appropriately sequenced to help pupils broaden and develop their knowledge over time.”
- “Leaders provide exciting experiences, such as opportunities to re-enact newly learned fairy tales in the forest school and to take part in a nativity within the community that featured a therapy donkey.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not always write numbers correctly.”
- “This makes it harder for them to check their work for errors.”
- “However, given the high starting points for some pupils, they are not always provided with tasks that extend and deepen their thinking.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, 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.
- Roseberry Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Stokesley Primary Academy 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kirkby and Great Broughton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ingleby Greenhow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hutton Rudby Primary School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 6.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castleton Primary School 8.2 mi Not judged Last distance published