Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.061 miles
Published by City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Clifton With Rawcliffe 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 | 1.061 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
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 1.061 miles, nearer than in 2024 and the 5th shortest of the 11 York primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 95 first-choice applications for 89 offers; all 89 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 13.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 25.9% 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
- Eastholme Drive, Rawcliffe, Clifton With Rawcliffe School, York, YO30 5TA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 622 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in a calm and supportive environment.”
- “They live up to the high expectations adults have for their behaviour and achievement.”
- “The school has fostered a sense of community, where pupils are happy and feel they belong.”
To improve
- “While teachers check pupils’ knowledge well in lessons, occasionally they are not consistently identifying and correcting where pupils have misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 2025 (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) | 78% | 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: 95 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 89 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.
- Lakeside Primary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burton Green Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Clifton Green Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Poppleton Road Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skelton Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Carr Infant School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carr Junior School 1.5 mi Good