Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Ripon, 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 🔒
Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ripon, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Thornton Watlass 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there was 1 first-choice application for 1 offer; of the 6 applications, 1 (17%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 1 offer went to them.
- With 13 pupils on roll in January 2026, there are 3.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.1 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
- Thornton Watlass, Ripon, HG4 4AH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 13 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 3.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils have opportunities to come together through collaboration days and by attending the breakfast or after-school clubs, which operate at Thornton Watlass.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and interacting with their friends.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are strong.”
To improve
- “There is a small number of instances where pupils’ behaviour does not meet leaders’ high expectations.”
- “However, teachers do not consistently make it explicit to pupils when they are building on something that they have been taught before.”
- “This means that some pupils do not make the important links between their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 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) | 33% | 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: 1 first-preference applications, 1 offers in total, 1 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.
- Snape Community Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bedale Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crakehall Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Masham CofE Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leeming St. John's Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published