Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.268 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Burton Leonard 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 Standards maintained, from the inspection on 22 October 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Burton Leonard 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 | 0.268 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.268 miles away, the shortest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.61 miles).
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; 2026 was nearer than in 2024 and 2020, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 11 first-choice applications for 10 offers; 10 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (9%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 8% 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
- Burton Leonard, Harrogate, HG3 3RW
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 84 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 22 October 2024
Strengths
- “Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School is a happy school where pupils are well cared for.”
- “The vast majority of parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about the school.”
- “Comments such as ‘the school has a nurturing environment where children are cherished’ are common.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes these expectations are not always realised.”
- “For instance, there are some inconsistencies in teachers’ expectations of the quality and quantity of pupils’ work.”
- “Sometimes in mathematics lessons, teachers do not check well enough for gaps and misconceptions in pupils’ understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 November 2024 (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) | 67% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Scotton Lingerfield Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Staveley Community Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ripley Endowed Church of England School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Roecliffe CofE Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy 4.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published