Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Ripon, 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 🔒
Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ripon, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Ripon Cathedral 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 8 schools (this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire that have results), the 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 4th highest.
- The school has 23.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.4 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
- Priest Lane, Ripon, HG4 1LT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe at this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “They describe the school as a friendly place where everyone helps each other.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are positive and warm.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s agreed approach for helping pupils to remember important knowledge is used less consistently in the wider curriculum than it is in the core subjects of mathematics and English.”
- “Where this is the case, pupils are not easily able to make links with prior learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2025 (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) | 72% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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.
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sharow Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- North Stainley Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published