Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Ripon, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.584 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ripon, North Yorkshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Kirkby Malzeard 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 | 5.584 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 5.584 miles away, the 4th longest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Across those 50 schools the middle last distance for Reception 2026 was 2.61 miles, while this school's 2026 figure was about the same as in 2019.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (6%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Church Street, Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Ripon, HG4 3RT
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 96 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe in this nurturing environment.”
- “The school’s values of kindness, patience, love and peace thread through every aspect of school life.”
- “Excellent relationships develop between staff, pupils and families.”
To improve
- “A few pupils are less engaged in these lessons.”
- “Some teachers do not consistently check pupils’ understanding of new learning in lessons.”
- “Some do not provide feedback quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 October 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) | 53% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fountains Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Stainley Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Masham CofE Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 4.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery 5.3 mi Good Last distance published