Melsonby 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 🔒
Melsonby Methodist Primary School is a primary school in Richmond, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Melsonby 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.
- Reception 2026 saw 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; for Reception in 2011 places ran out.
- With 32 pupils on roll, there are 14.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 8 October 2024, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome, on 5 July 2011, was 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
- West Road, Melsonby, Richmond, DL10 5ND
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 32 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “This small school cares well for its pupils.”
- “Leaders are determined that pupils will experience a range of opportunities outside of their village community.”
- “This helps pupils to learn and socialise in larger groups.”
To improve
- “It is too early to see the impact of these changes yet.”
- “At times, the school is not as rigorous as it could be in using this information to identify and address gaps in pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 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.
- Barton Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ravensworth Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Richmond Methodist Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Richmond 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Croft Church of England Primary School 5.5 mi Good Last distance published