Richmond Methodist Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Richmond, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Richmond Methodist Primary School is a primary school in Richmond, North Yorkshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Richmond 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 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out in 2018, the other year with a published Reception outcome; for Reception 2026 there were 36 first-choice applications for 36 offers.
- There are 21.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Darlington Road, Richmond, DL10 7BH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 259 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Richmond Methodist Primary School.”
- “This is an inclusive and caring school.”
- “Pupils are eager to share how everyone is equal and valued here.”
To improve
- “In other curriculum subjects, the depth of pupils’ learning is variable.”
- “However, some lessons do not enable pupils to make deep connections between the subject knowledge they have been learning.”
- “This is because the subject knowledge of teachers is not precise enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 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) | 51% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 36 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.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Richmond 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wavell Community Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hipswell Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Colburn Community Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carnagill Community Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cambrai Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brompton-on-Swale Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published