Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · York, 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 🔒
Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School is a primary school in York, North Yorkshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) 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
- Every applicant, including every first-choice family, was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in 2 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the 12th lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Kirby Hill, Boroughbridge, York, YO51 9DS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 120 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are warmly welcomed to this community-focused school where they feel valued from the moment they arrive.”
- “This helps create a calm and safe start to the day.”
- “Pupils enjoy school and attend regularly.”
To improve
- “For these pupils, minor misconceptions in spelling, grammar, punctuation and handwriting are not picked up and addressed in lessons.”
- “However, on occasions, staff do not always connect and extend children's learning to deepen their understanding.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 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) | 71% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 17 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.
- Boroughbridge Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Roecliffe CofE Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter's Brafferton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Staveley Community Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published