Alanbrooke Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Thirsk, 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 🔒
Alanbrooke Academy is a primary school in Thirsk, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Alanbrooke 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For 2026 Reception entry, 6 first-choice applications came in for 6 offers and every first-choice family was offered a place; places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years.
- The school has 27 pupils on roll (January 2026 census) and 9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- At 7.4% of pupils, the free school meals figure sits below the middle figure of 18.1% 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
- Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe, Alanbrooke Barracks, Thirsk, YO7 3SF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 27 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “Alanbrooke Academy is inclusive and aspirational.”
- “Pupils flourish in this small school.”
- “Pupils are proud to come here.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- Topcliffe CofE Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Miniott Primary Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Keeble Gateway Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sowerby Primary Academy 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thirsk Community Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pickhill Church of England Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published