St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Richmond, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy is a primary school in Richmond, North Yorkshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary 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 2014 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2011 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2026 Reception entry drew 18 first-choice applications for 19 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, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 68% was the 2nd highest among this school and 7 of its 8 nearest North Yorkshire primary schools that have results.
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
- Cross Lanes, Richmond, DL10 7DZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 179 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils behave well and feel safe in this school.”
- “They are well cared for by the adults, who know them well.”
- “When pupils join the school, they quickly become part of a caring community.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, leaders are still developing assessment systems that are closely matched to the curriculum.”
- “Currently, not all teachers are using these assessment systems consistently.”
- “This results in staff not always knowing when there are gaps in pupils’ understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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) | 68% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 18 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.
- Richmond Methodist Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity Academy Richmond 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wavell Community Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hipswell Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Colburn Community Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carnagill Community Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cambrai Primary School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brompton-on-Swale Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published