Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Selby, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.003 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Selby, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary 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 | 4.003 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 4.003 miles away, the 10th longest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance was further in 2026 than in 2025 and 2011, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 19 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 85% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Church Hill, Wistow, Selby, YO8 3UU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 126 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils in this school are polite, well behaved and positive ambassadors for their school.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and attend well.”
- “Pupils feel safe in school and have positive relationships with adults.”
To improve
- “However, pupils sometimes struggle to remember the key vocabulary that they learned in previous lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 December 2024 (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) | 85% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 19 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.
- Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Riccall Community Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selby Community Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barlby Community Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published