Howden Church of England Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.226 miles
Published by East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Howden Church of England Infant School is a primary school in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 4–7 (academy converter). East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Howden Church of England Infant 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 | 3.226 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 3.226 miles away, 8th longest of 33 East Riding of Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle: 1.70 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 16.4% of pupils, below the middle figure of 22.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Riding of Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hailgate, Howden, DN14 7SL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 171 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They feel safe and attend happily, regularly and punctually.”
- “Pupils benefit from the calm start to each school day.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, some staff do not maintain and reinforce the school’s high expectations for pupils' conduct around the school.”
- “However, at times, staff do not design learning activities that support pupils to sustain focus or make the most productive use of their time when they work independently.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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 East Riding of Yorkshire.
- Howden Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hook Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Airmyn Park Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkside Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged
- Kingsway Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Goole 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eastrington Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Boothferry Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published