Hipswell Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Catterick Garrison, 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 🔒
Hipswell Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Hipswell 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 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, whereas places ran out in all 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 13 first-choice applications for 16 offers (0.8 first choices per offer, the 17th lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 27.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 15.5% 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
- Hipswell, Catterick Garrison, DL9 4BB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 154 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 May 2023
Strengths
- “This is a caring and friendly school.”
- “Leaders are highly ambitious and acknowledge the fact that pupils may join or leave the school at different times due to the posting of parents.”
- “Pupils settle quickly when they join the school.”
To improve
- “However, some subjects are in earlier stages of development.”
- “Subjects such as geography and history are well designed and sequenced, but systems to check pupils’ knowledge and learning are not tightly linked to what the pupils are taught.”
- “However, sometimes leaders do not check how well the intended curriculum is being delivered.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 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) | 48% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 13 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.
- Cambrai Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Wavell Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Colburn Community Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carnagill Community Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Richmond Methodist Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Richmond 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published