Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Leyburn, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Leyburn, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Askrigg 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 | 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
- Ofsted rated the school Good on 19 April 2023, and all 8 of the nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire are also rated Good.
- For Reception 2026 there was 1 first-choice application for 1 offer, and every applicant was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), yet 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- With 39 pupils on roll in January 2026, there were 6.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.3 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
- Yorebridge, Askrigg, Leyburn, DL8 3BJ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 39 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are well behaved in lessons and at playtimes.”
- “Bullying seldom happens and pupils feel safe in school.”
- “Pupils know they can talk to the adults about any concerns.”
To improve
- “However, the early years curriculum is not sufficiently detailed to prepare pupils for Year 1.”
- “In some cases, these plans do not fully reflect the pupil’s primary need.”
- “Therefore, some interventions do not bring about rapid learning and catch up.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 September 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) | 33% | 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: 1 first-preference applications, 1 offers in total, 1 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.
- Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Gunnerside Methodist Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawes Primary School 4.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Reeth Community Primary School 7.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leyburn Primary School 10.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleham Church of England Aided School 11.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Kettlewell Primary School 11.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spennithorne Church of England Primary School 12.0 mi Good Last distance published