Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.632 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 July 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Monkton 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 | 3.632 mi |
| 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 3.632 miles, 13th longest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.61 miles).
- The Reception last distance has stayed close to the year before in each published year, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 14 offers; all 14 went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2nd highest among this school and the 7 of the 8 nearest North Yorkshire primary schools 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
- St John's Road, Bishop Monkton, Harrogate, HG3 3QW
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 102 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 July 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders make sure that their vision for pupils to be ‘healthy, happy and vibrant individuals’ becomes a reality.”
- “There are many opportunities for pupils to take part in activities beyond the daily school curriculum.”
- “Pupils relish the residential visit to Le Touquet, where they are encouraged to speak in French.”
To improve
- “They express some concerns about the behaviour of a few pupils.”
- “Some pupils are less expressive when writing.”
- “Their understanding and application of grammar and punctuation are not well developed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 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) | 80% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 14 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 North Yorkshire.
- Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Roecliffe CofE Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Staveley Community Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published