Poppleton Road Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Poppleton Road Primary School is a primary school in York for ages 3–11 (academy converter). York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Poppleton Road 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 33 of the 47 other York primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, highest of this school and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in York that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other York schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Poppleton Road, York, YO26 4UP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at Poppleton Road Primary School.”
- “Children in the early years get off to a flying start.”
- “Further up the school, pupils engage well with their learning.”
To improve
- “However, at times, pupils' behaviour is less secure.”
- “Sometimes they continue to do this, including after staff have spoken with them to help them change their behaviour.”
- “However, some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, attend less well and miss school more regularly.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2026 (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) | 64% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 49 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 York.
- Carr Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carr Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Acomb Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hob Moor Community Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clifton Green Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published