Fairburn Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Knottingley, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.857 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Fairburn Community Primary School is a primary school in Knottingley, North Yorkshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Fairburn Community 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 | 1.857 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.857 miles away, the 16th shortest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 12 offers, all 12 going to first-choice families; 5 first-choice families (29%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 35 Reception 2026 applications, 12 (34%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 1 offer went to them.
- Some 5.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.8% 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
- Great North Road, Fairburn, Knottingley, WF11 9JY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 87 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Burton Salmon Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monk Fryston Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- South Milford Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sherburn Hungate Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 5.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published