Hempland Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Hempland Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 4–11 (academy converter). York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Hempland 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 | Not published |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
- At the higher standard, 16% of pupils reached it in 2024/25 (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 55 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 8.3%, against a middle figure of 28.6% across 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
- Whitby Avenue, Stockton Lane, York, YO31 1ET
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 420 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel that they belong to a special, caring school community.”
- “Staff greet pupils cheerfully in the morning and care deeply for them.”
- “As a result, pupils feel safe.”
To improve
- “For example, in response to a small proportion of children reaching the end of Reception Year with gaps in their knowledge of letter formation and handwriting, leaders introduced a revised approach.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 77% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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 Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Heworth Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tang Hall Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Osbaldwick Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Yearsley Grove Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Grove Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haxby Road Primary Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published