Fountains Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ripon, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Fountains Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Ripon, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 March 2025. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Fountains 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 | 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 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026 there were 5 first-choice applications for 7 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026; every first-choice family was offered one, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Grantley, Ripon, HG4 3PJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 71 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 March 2025
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming school, where pupils thrive.”
- “A typical comment from parents and carers is that ‘children are happy and feel nurtured by everyone at the school.”
- “Staff know pupils individually.”
To improve
- “However, feedback does not consistently support pupils to understand what they need to do to improve their work in all aspects of learning, including handwriting.”
- “This means that some pupils misconceptions are not addressed and, consequently, are repeated.”
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in approaches to managing expectations for behaviour in lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2025 (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) | 67% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 7 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.
- Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School 4.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 4.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Summerbridge Primary School 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published