St Wilfrid'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 Wilfrid'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 Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2022. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Wilfrid'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
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
- In 2024/25, 0% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
- The school has 39.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22 across the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
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
- Monkgate, York, YO31 7PB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 261 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 39.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2022
Strengths
- “St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School is an inclusive school where pupils feel safe and happy.”
- “Bullying rarely happens and, if it does, pupils know an adult will sort it out quickly.”
- “Leaders have an ambitious vision for all pupils to achieve well.”
To improve
- “Some pupils, who missed out on education during the COVID-19 pandemic, take longer to settle into their learning.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, curriculum planning is not as well developed.”
- “Leaders still need to identify the most important knowledge that pupils need to know and remember in these areas of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 February 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) | 75% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 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.
- Park Grove Primary Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Haxby Road Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tang Hall Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Heworth Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clifton Green Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Fishergate Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Scarcroft Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published