Spennithorne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–7 · Leyburn, 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 🔒
Spennithorne Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Leyburn, North Yorkshire for ages 4–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 October 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Spennithorne 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 8 first-choice applications for 8 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 28.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.7 across the 8 nearest North Yorkshire primary schools.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Good in October 2022; of the 8 nearest North Yorkshire primary schools, 6 are Good, 1 Outstanding and 1 has 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
- Spennithorne, Leyburn, DL8 5PR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 54 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy regular ‘federation days’, when all pupils from both schools come together.”
- “This contributes to the safe, welcoming and family feeling across both schools.”
- “Pupils love coming to school and attend well.”
To improve
- “However, systems for checking pupils’ prior knowledge are not sufficiently well embedded.”
- “This means that occasionally, some teachers do not plan lessons that build well on what pupils know and can do.”
- “Occasionally, teachers do not plan activities that place enough emphasis on the most important subject knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- Middleham Church of England Aided School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Leyburn Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Carnagill Community Primary School 5.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School 6.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cambrai Primary School 6.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wavell Community Primary School 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Hipswell Church of England Primary School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published