Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 July 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Spofforth Church of England Controlled 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 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, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception in 2026, there were 9 first-choice applications for 10 offers; 8 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (11%) was not offered a place.
- That works out at 0.9 first choices per offer for Reception in 2026, the 37th lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- In January 2026, 18.4% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 12.7% 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
- School Lane, Spofforth, Harrogate, HG3 1BA
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 98 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this happy and welcoming school, where everyone knows each other by name.”
- “Christian values are at the heart of school life and reflected in the stated ambition to ‘love, learn, thrive’.”
- “Pupils are confident and articulate.”
To improve
- “Occasional incidents of name-calling, linked to competitive games, can upset pupils.”
- “Teachers do not link the phonics knowledge that pupils are learning to spellings sufficiently well.”
- “As a result, some pupils are less confident in using phonics for spellings and this is evident in their written work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 October 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) | 42% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 8 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.
- Follifoot Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sicklinghall Community Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hookstone Chase Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Goldsborough Church of England Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aspin Park Academy 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Oatlands Community Junior School 3.5 mi Not judged
- Willow Tree Community Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published