Riverside School, Tadcaster
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Tadcaster, 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Riverside School, Tadcaster is a primary school in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Riverside School, Tadcaster 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 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Reception entry there were 31 first-choice applications for 32 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 25.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.5 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
- Wetherby Road, Tadcaster, LS24 9JN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 361 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Riverside School.”
- “They appreciate the support and care that they receive.”
- “They feel safe and know who to talk to if they have a worry.”
To improve
- “However, leaders' systems and processes for checking on the wellbeing of pupils who have been absent for long periods of time are not as effective as they might be.”
- “However, some pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, do not learn the skills that they need in writing as quickly as they should.”
- “Leaders have taken steps to strengthen the teaching of writing, but this remains a priority for improvement.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2026 (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) | 64% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 31 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tadcaster Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Saxton Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kirk Fenton Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Appleton Roebuck Primary School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Long Marston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy 5.4 mi Good Last distance published