Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Richmond, 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 🔒
Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary School is a primary school in Richmond, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 October 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Michael Syddall Church of England Aided 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 20 first-choice applications for 23 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 26th lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 3 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 21.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.8 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
- Noels Court, Mowbray Road, Catterick Village, Richmond, DL10 7LB
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 153 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this school.”
- “They are polite and courteous.”
- “Pupils are eager to share their learning and all the different activities the school offers them.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, in some subjects, the learning activities chosen are not well matched to the aims of the curriculum.”
- “The key knowledge pupils need to remember is not clear.”
- “This sometimes hinders pupils’ progress.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 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) | 79% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 20 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.
- Bolton-On-Swale St Mary's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brompton-on-Swale Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Colburn Community Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Cambrai Primary School 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hipswell Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Wavell Community Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy 4.1 mi Good Last distance published