Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.486 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary School 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 | 3.486 mi |
| 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 10 offers, 1.7 first choices per offer, the highest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 10 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (41%) were not offered a place.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 3.486 miles, the 15th longest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.61 miles.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Braithwaite, Summerbridge, Harrogate, HG3 4AN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 77 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary is a warm and welcoming haven set in the Yorkshire Dales.”
- “It is a friendly, caring school.”
- “Pupils enjoy being part of the Dacre Braithwaite ‘family’.”
To improve
- “It recognises strengths in some areas of the curriculum, such as mathematics, and knows some other subjects need further development.”
- “In the wider curriculum, there are a small number of subjects, such as design and technology and history, which are at an earlier stage of development.”
- “In these subjects, learning does not build progressively from the early years.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 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) | 50% | 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, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Glasshouses Community Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Summerbridge Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Darley Primary School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley Bridge 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Birstwith Church of England Primary School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Admiral Long Church of England Primary School 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School 6.5 mi Not judged Last distance published