Woodthorpe Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.922 miles
Published by City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodthorpe Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Woodthorpe 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 | 0.922 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 0.922 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 11 York primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 64 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Summerfield Road, Woodthorpe, York, YO24 2RU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Woodthorpe Primary School is an exceptional community of happy learners, where pupils ‘aim high and have fun’.”
- “Pupils flourish at this inclusive and nurturing school.”
- “They are proud to be part of the Woodthorpe family.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 August 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) | 69% | 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: 64 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Dringhouses Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hob Moor Community Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westfield Primary Community School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Acomb Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Copmanthorpe Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bishopthorpe Infant School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe 1.5 mi Good