King James's School
Community school in Knaresborough, HG5 8EB, taking ages 11 to 18, 1,554 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 10.36 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every North Yorkshire school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 10.36 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
King James's School: 10.36 miles, 2025/26 Scotton Lingerfield Primary School: 2.14 miles, 2025/26, published by North Yorkshire
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When King James's School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2025/26, from North Yorkshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: North Yorkshire, published admission distances, 2025/26
Where King James's School and Scotton Lingerfield Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Scotton Lingerfield Primary School admitted from 2.14 miles in 2025/26, published by North Yorkshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is HG5 at £265,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From King James's School | From Scotton Lingerfield Primary School | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HG5 | North Yorkshire | 0.6 mi | 2.1 mi | £265,000 111 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In North Yorkshire, 27 of 100 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (27.0%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to King James's School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starbeck Primary Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.85 mi 2025/26 | 1.5 mi |
| Goldsborough Church of England Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 3.52 mi 2025/26 | 1.6 mi |
| Scotton Lingerfield Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 2.14 mi 2025/26 | 2.4 mi |
| Oatlands Infant School | Primary | No limit 2025/26 | 3.4 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 1,554 pupils in 1,705 places (91% full) |
| Local authority | North Yorkshire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 05 March 2023. Ungraded inspection, March 2023: school remains Good |
| Attainment 8 | 46.1 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | -0.15 |
| 2022/23 | -0.04 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to King James's School
| Girls and boys | 51.7% girls, 48.3% boys |
| English as an additional language | 5.0% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 17.3% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where King James's School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 46.8% |
| Sixth-form college | 0.0% |
| Further education college | 38.3% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.6% |
| Employment | 3.2% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 6.0% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of King James's School
Cheapest district inside the 10.36 miles: HG1, median £214,500. Dearest: HG3, £520,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| HG1 | North Yorkshire | 3.0 mi | £214,500 207 sales |
| HG5 | North Yorkshire | 0.6 mi | £265,000 111 sales |
| YO51 | North Yorkshire | 6.4 mi | £305,000 123 sales |
| LS22 | Leeds | 5.7 mi | £410,000 118 sales |
| LS23 | Leeds | 8.5 mi | £440,000 89 sales |
| HG2 | North Yorkshire | 3.1 mi | £469,950 200 sales |
| HG3 | North Yorkshire | 6.5 mi | £520,000 10 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 10.36 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to King James's School by bus
Best-served stop: Princess Drive, 0.2 mi away, with 5.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:26, last 00:06 after midnight.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming Pool | 92 yd | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1A, 757H |
| Aspin Chase | 0.1 mi | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1A |
| Manor Court | 0.2 mi | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1B |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing King James's School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around HG5: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at HG5 8EB, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for King James's School?
King James's School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 10.36 miles away, per North Yorkshire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at King James's School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 10.36 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near King James's School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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