Meadowside Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.196 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Meadowside Academy is a primary school in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Meadowside 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 | 1.196 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Reception entry, the last child offered a place lived 1.196 miles away, the 12th shortest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.61 miles.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
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
- Halfpenny Lane, Knaresborough, HG5 0SL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Meadowside Academy welcomes pupils with care and compassion.”
- “Pupils understand and accept others’ differences.”
- “Staff are extremely supportive and have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and achievement.”
To improve
- “Where this is the case, pupils’ knowledge of what they have been taught over time is less secure.”
- “However, the way in which older pupil’s knowledge and understanding is assessed over longer periods of time is less secure, notably in the foundation subjects.”
- “The school are still developing a robust assessment process in this regard.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 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) | 68% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Aspin Park Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Goldsborough Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Starbeck Primary Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Scotton Lingerfield Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hookstone Chase Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Willow Tree Community Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published