Scarcroft Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Scarcroft Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Scarcroft 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility is 15.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 20.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, with 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers and 1 offer going to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in York that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other York schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Moss Street, York, YO23 1BS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 347 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Scarcroft Primary School are safe and happy.”
- “Pupils generally do this well.”
- “Behaviour in lessons is usually calm and focused.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent.”
- “Leaders are addressing pockets of poor behaviour.”
- “Some pupils are not moved on as quickly and effectively as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2022 (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) | 75% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 York.
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fishergate Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Knavesmire Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published