St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in York for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St George'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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 23% of pupils, against a middle figure of 15.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
- Reception 2026 drew 14 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 47 York primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), with 0% reaching 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
- 1 Winterscale Street, Fishergate, York, YO10 4BT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils describe their school as safe, kind and happy.”
- “It is a place that regularly offers a warm welcome to new pupils, including those who are new to the country.”
- “All staff help pupils to feel that they belong and are valued through positive interactions and targeted praise.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, however, the order in which knowledge is taught does not help pupils to remember as much as they could.”
- “However, on occasion, pupils make phonic errors that are not corrected by staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 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) | 72% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 14 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.
- Fishergate Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Scarcroft Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Knavesmire Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tang Hall Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published