St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Selby, 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 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Selby, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a 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
- In 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 17 first-choice applications for 20 offers in Reception 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 11.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
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
- Baffam Lane, Selby, YO8 9AX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 188 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school offers a warm and welcoming learning environment for its pupils.”
- “They are proud to attend St Mary’s.”
- “Pupils feel safe and build positive relationships with the adults who care for them.”
To improve
- “Although the curriculum has been carefully sequenced from early years to Year 6, the delivery of the curriculum in some lessons does not focus on the key knowledge that pupils are required to learn or need to consolidate.”
- “However, subject leaders do not have a clear oversight of this information.”
- “Therefore, the school is not able to evaluate the curriculum effectively enough or respond to pupils’ needs in a timely way.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2024 (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) | 48% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 17 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.
- Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brayton Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Selby Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Staynor Hall Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barwic Parade Community Primary School, Selby 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barlby Bridge Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published