Gunnerside Methodist Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Richmond, 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 🔒
Gunnerside Methodist Primary School is a primary school in Richmond, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Gunnerside Methodist 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, and 7 places are published for Reception 2027; 31 pupils were on roll in January 2026.
- 29% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, in March 2023, was that the school remains Good, and all 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire are also rated Good.
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
- Gunnerside, Richmond, DL11 6LE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 31 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Gunnerside Methodist Primary School is a school where every pupil is valued and nurtured.”
- “Leaders, governors and staff have high aspirations for pupils.”
- “The school values of love, hope, kindness and peace are part of everyday school life.”
To improve
- “Leaders do not always ensure that they have a precise understanding of how to support some pupils with SEND to make stronger progress.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2023 (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.
- Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery School 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Reeth Community Primary School 5.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawes Primary School 7.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Leyburn Primary School 11.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleham Church of England Aided School 12.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Spennithorne Church of England Primary School 12.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ravensworth Church of England Primary School 13.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published