Goldsborough Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Goldsborough Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Goldsborough 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but a last distance was published in both earlier years, 2018 and 2025, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 16 offers, the 7th lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools for first choices per offer.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
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
- Goldsborough, Knaresborough, HG5 8NJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 71 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2022
Strengths
- “Goldsborough Church of England Primary School is a welcoming community.”
- “Pupils are extremely proud of their school.”
- “They appreciate all that the school provides for them.”
To improve
- “Leaders acknowledge that the curriculum is not implemented consistently well in all classes.”
- “However, this curriculum offer is not delivered consistently in all classes.”
- “Leaders are not checking the teaching of the wider curriculum closely enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 September 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) | 50% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 12 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.
- Aspin Park Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Meadowside Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hookstone Chase Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Starbeck Primary Academy 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Follifoot Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published