Sharow Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Ripon, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Sharow Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ripon, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Sharow 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 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
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 13 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2024, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in both earlier years, 2018 and 2019.
- In 2024/25, 31% 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%).
- It has 15.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.7 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
- Berrygate Lane, Sharow, Ripon, HG4 5BJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 76 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They know they are safe and cared for.”
- “Staff have high expectations for pupils’ learning and behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, the school does not ensure that teaching takes account of these differences.”
- “When this happens, activities are less well matched to pupils’ learning needs.”
- “Some pupils do not learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 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) | 31% | 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, 13 offers in total, 11 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.
- Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- North Stainley Church of England Primary School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published