Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Knottingley, 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 🔒
Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy is a primary school in Knottingley, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy 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
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of 30 Reception 2026 applications, 9 (30%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 8 offers went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 33%, against a middle figure of 18% 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
- Low Street, Brotherton, Knottingley, WF11 9HQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 185 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils talk about the values in detail and understand the high expectations the school has of them.”
- “One pupil said, ‘The values help us to be good people and make the school a better place.’”
- “Pupils get on well with each other and have a sense of belonging in this caring and nurturing community.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s systems to check pupils’ learning in the wider curriculum subjects, such as history, are not developed consistently.”
- “In these subjects, the school does not have a clear understanding of how well pupils are learning over time.”
- “However, there is more to do to develop the key stage 2 reading curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 November 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) | 48% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 22 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.
- Burton Salmon Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fairburn Community Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monk Fryston Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- South Milford Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kellington Primary School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published