East Cowton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.865 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
East Cowton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
East Cowton 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 | 7.865 mi |
| 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
- Reception 2026's last offer went to a child 7.865 miles away, 2nd longest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.61 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 9 first-choice applications for 8 offers; 7 went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 8 of the 9 years with a published Reception outcome between 2018 and 2026.
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
- Golden Acres, East Cowton, Northallerton, DL7 0BD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 38 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in the family atmosphere of this small school.”
- “Relationships are extremely strong.”
- “Staff want every pupil to shine and they celebrate each pupil’s interests and talents.”
To improve
- “During the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders have noticed that pupils’ times tables knowledge is not secure.”
- “The curriculum in some subjects, such as history and religious education, is not as well developed.”
- “It does not include all aspects of knowledge that pupils need to acquire.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 7 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.
- North and South Cowton Community Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Great Smeaton Academy Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bolton-On-Swale St Mary's CofE Primary School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Croft Church of England Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary School 5.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Appleton Wiske Community Primary School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakbridge Church of England Primary School 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published