Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · York, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in York, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Tockwith Church of England Primary 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 36 first-choice applications for 38 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 2 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 96% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- The school has 22.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 14.5 across 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
- Southfield Lane, Tockwith, York, YO26 7RP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy embrace the school’s Christian values of perseverance, friendship and creativity.”
- “These values underpin leaders’ ethos of ‘living life in all its fulness’.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are a strength of the school.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, some teachers do not choose the most appropriate activities to help pupils to learn the intended knowledge.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not develop the depth of understanding that they could.”
- “For example, sometimes, pupils talk about the activities they complete rather than the learning that has taken place.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 2023 (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) | 96% | 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, 38 offers in total, 36 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.
- Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Long Marston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Green Hammerton Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Nun Monkton Primary Foundation School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Riverside School, Tadcaster 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 5.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tadcaster Primary Academy 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Linton-on-Ouse Primary School 5.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published