Birstwith Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Birstwith Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 October 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Birstwith Church of England 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 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 8.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though a last distance was published in all 3 earlier years; the figure swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 8 first-choice applications for 11 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 91% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire that have results.
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
- Wreaks Road, Birstwith, Harrogate, HG3 2NJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 61 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 October 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders encourage staff and pupils to treat each other with respect and dignity.”
- “Pupils try very hard to live up to this.”
- “As a result, bullying is extremely rare.”
To improve
- “However, in this highly aspirational context, the curriculum is not ambitious enough to meet the needs of all pupils fully.”
- “Teachers sometimes miss opportunities to build on pupils’ prior and extensive”
- “As a result, the curriculum does not meet the needs of all pupils well consistently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 2022 (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) | 91% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 8 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.
- Admiral Long Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Darley Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Killinghall Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ripley Endowed Church of England School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Summerbridge Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saltergate Infant School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published