St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield
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 🔒
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield is a primary school in Ripon, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 April 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield 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
- Reception 2026 had 7 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Like 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome, it offered every applicant a place.
- 5.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 8.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- It has 20.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.8 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
- Mowbray Terrace, West Tanfield, Ripon, HG4 5JN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 53 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this small and inclusive school.”
- “The school has a strong spirit of community.”
- “It shows genuine care for pupils and works in effective partnership with parents and carers to meet pupils’ individual needs.”
To improve
- “The school identified weaknesses in the previous curriculum.”
- “These weaknesses, together with the pandemic, left gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
- “However, older pupils have only experienced the revised curriculum towards the end of key stage 2.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 7 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 7 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.
- North Stainley Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Masham CofE Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Snape Community Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published