St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
- In 2026, Reception had 14 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 8 of the 29 applications (28%) for Reception in 2026 came from families living outside York; 7 offers went to them.
- 8.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16% across the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other York schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Askham Richard, St. Marys C of E Primary School, York, YO23 3PD
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 99 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff at St Mary’s Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School embody the school’s vision of ‘small school, big heart, learning and growing together’.”
- “The buddy relationships between Years 5 and 6 pupils and the children in early years and key stage 1 are warm and considerate.”
- “The older pupils nurture and care for the younger children at playtime, over lunch and in collective worship.”
To improve
- “There is a lack of curriculum monitoring by the school.”
- “This means the school does not have a clear understanding of the strengths and areas for development in each subject.”
- “The school is not checking what pupils know in the wider curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 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) | 73% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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 York.
- Copmanthorpe Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rufforth Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodthorpe Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Westfield Primary Community School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hob Moor Community Primary Academy 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dringhouses Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe 3.4 mi Good
- Acomb Primary School 3.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published