Great Smeaton Academy Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Northallerton, 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 🔒
Great Smeaton Academy Primary School is a primary school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Great Smeaton Academy 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
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 entry had 1 first-choice application for 1 offer, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 24 pupils on roll (January 2026 school census) and 7.5 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire is 19.3.
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
- Great Smeaton, Northallerton, DL6 2EQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 24 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 7.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “This a caring and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are proud to be part of the Great Smeaton community.”
- “They feel well cared for and safe.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, the small steps that pupils need to be successful writers are not consistently clear.”
- “Pupils have had fewer opportunities to revisit and strengthen their learning in writing.”
- “Their knowledge of some writing skills is not as secure as their knowledge in other areas of learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, 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.
- East Cowton Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Appleton Wiske Community Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- North and South Cowton Community Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brompton Community Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Croft Church of England Primary School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakbridge Church of England Primary School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alverton Primary School 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Applegarth Primary School 6.6 mi Good Last distance published