Rufforth Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.177 miles
Published by City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Rufforth Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Rufforth 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 | 3.177 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 3.177 miles away, the longest of 11 York primary schools with a published last distance; middle figure 1.06 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 15 offers; all 15 went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 61 applications for Reception 2026, 11 (18%) came from families living outside York, and 1 offer went to them.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Wetherby Road, Rufforth, York, YO23 3QF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 103 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 May 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders’ ambition for pupils at Rufforth Primary School is summed up in their vision of ‘excellence in a family atmosphere’.”
- “This ambition is realised through adults’ high expectations of pupils.”
- “Pupils rise to these expectations.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, leaders’ ambitious plans are not fully realised in lessons.”
- “This is because, on some occasions, teachers do not provide pupils with the right opportunities to practise their learning.”
- “Sometimes, this support is not as precise as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 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) | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Westfield Primary Community School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Poppleton Ousebank Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Carr Infant School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carr Junior School 2.9 mi Good
- Woodthorpe Primary School 3.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hob Moor Community Primary Academy 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Poppleton Road Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published