Snainton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Scarborough, 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 🔒
Snainton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Snainton 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 | 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
- Reception 2026 drew 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, and every applicant was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 10 places.
- There are 34 pupils on roll (January 2026 census) and 11.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 32.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 16.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Ofsted rated it Good on 23 January 2024; of the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire, 4 are rated Good and 4 have no current grade.
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
- Pickering Road, Snainton, Scarborough, YO13 9AF
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 34 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils display positive attitudes towards school.”
- “They are proud to be part of its community.”
- “Pupils play well with those from different year groups.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, children do not benefit as much as they could from the school’s early years curriculum.”
- “This is particularly the case when children are playing without the support of an adult.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 3 offers in total, 3 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.
- Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Wykeham Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sherburn Church of England Primary Academy 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- East Ayton Community Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hertford Vale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Staxton 5.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Seamer and Irton Community Primary School 5.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hackness Church of England Primary School 5.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published