St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · York, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.525 miles
Published by East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy is a primary school in York, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2023. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 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 | 0.525 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 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 0.525 miles away, 3rd shortest of 33 East Riding of Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That Reception 2026 distance was nearer the school than the 2025 one.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 16 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (6%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Riding of Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sancton Road, Market Weighton, York, YO43 3DB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 112 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and learning with their friends.”
- “Pupils are friendly, polite and respectful to each other and to adults.”
- “They are kind to each other and play well together in the extensive and well-equipped playground.”
To improve
- “Their assessment of pupils’ learning in mathematics identifies gaps in pupils’ knowledge that need to be revisited.”
- “In history, the checking of what pupils know varies.”
- “Even though pupils learn well, there are gaps in some pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 60% | 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: 16 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 East Riding of Yorkshire.
- Market Weighton Infant School 0.2 mi Good
- Mount Pleasant Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School 0.3 mi Not judged
- Newbald Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holme-upon-Spalding Moor Primary School 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Cave Church of England Primary School 5.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Warter Church of England Primary School 5.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton-on-the-Wolds Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 6.6 mi Standards maintained
- Cherry Burton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 6.7 mi School remains Good