St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.71 miles
Published by City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Lawrence's Church of England 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 | 0.71 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.71 miles away, 2nd shortest of 11 York primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.06 miles).
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 14 offers; all 14 went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 60.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 23% 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
- Heslington Road, York, YO10 5BW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 137 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “St Lawrence’s Church of England Primary is an extremely welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “It is characterised by warm relationships between staff and pupils.”
- “This is evident in the excellent behaviour and conduct of the pupils.”
To improve
- “In a minority of curriculum subjects, the selection of teaching materials and some activity choices do not support pupils’ learning to gain specific knowledge as well as they do in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 January 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) | 61% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 14 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.
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fishergate Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tang Hall Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Osbaldwick Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Badger Hill Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lord Deramore's Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published