Badger Hill Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.3 miles
Published by City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Badger Hill Primary Academy is a primary school in York for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Badger Hill 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 | 2.3 mi |
| 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.3 miles away, 3rd longest of the 11 York primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers, 0.5 per offer and the lowest of 47 York primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 16 of the 2026 Reception offers went to families who ranked it second or lower, and every applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
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
- Crossways, Badger Hill, York, YO10 5JF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils get involved and they are enthusiastic about learning at this friendly school.”
- “The school is ambitious for what pupils can achieve.”
- “Pupils meet these aspirations and achieve well.”
To improve
- “Some pupils need greater support with their reading.”
- “However, in a minority of subjects the work given to pupils does not support them to make meaningful connections across their learning and deepen their understanding.”
- “For example, in science pupils know the facts, but sometimes struggle to explain how they use this information to work scientifically.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2024 (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) | 73% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 14 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.
- Lord Deramore's Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Osbaldwick Primary Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Tang Hall Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Hempland Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heworth Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published