Ripley Endowed Church of England 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
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Ripley Endowed Church of England School is a primary school in HARROGATE, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 March 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Ripley Endowed Church of England 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, 4 first-choice applications for 4 offers, and every applicant was offered a place; places ran out in 2011, the one earlier year with a published outcome.
- The admission number for Reception 2027 is 13 places, and the school has 58 pupils on roll.
- There are 14.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.7 across 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
- Main Street, Ripley, Ripley Endowed C Of E School, HARROGATE, HG3 3AY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 58 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 March 2023
Strengths
- “The warm welcome provided by leaders and staff each morning helps pupils to feel positive and ready for the day ahead.”
- “Parents and carers appreciate how approachable leaders and staff are.”
- “One parent said that the new leadership’s ‘unbelievable enthusiasm has spread amongst teachers, pupils and parents’.”
To improve
- “This work is not yet complete.”
- “However, there is inconsistency in how effectively teachers implement the curriculum in some subjects.”
- “However, leaders have not yet considered the most important knowledge that pupils should know and remember from this curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 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) | 86% | 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: 4 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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.
- Killinghall Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Admiral Long Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Saltergate Infant School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saltergate Junior School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- New Park Primary Academy 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published