St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Whitby, 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 Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Whitby, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Hedda'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 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- There were 15 pupils on roll in January 2026, with 5 pupils per teacher against a middle figure of 14.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- For Reception 2026 there were 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as were applicants at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
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
- Egton Bridge, Whitby, YO21 1UX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 15 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this happy and welcoming rural school.”
- “Positive, caring relationships between pupils and adults mean that pupils feel well cared for.”
- “Pupils describe themselves as feeling ‘protected’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Glaisdale Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Goathland Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Lealholm Primary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Lythe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 5.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stakesby Primary Academy 6.2 mi Good Last distance published