Oatlands Infant School
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Academy converter in Harrogate, HG2 8BT, taking ages 4 to 7, 269 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Oatlands Infant School lived 25.954 miles away, according to North Yorkshire. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.
The circle is 25.954 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 269 pupils in 270 places (100% full) |
| Trust | YORKSHIRE CAUSEWAY SCHOOLS TRUST |
| Local authority | North Yorkshire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Oatlands Infant School
| Girls and boys | 51.7% girls, 48.3% boys |
| English as an additional language | 4.8% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 0.7% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Oatlands Infant School
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 25.954 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is HG1 at £217,000; the dearest, HG3, £520,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| HG1 | North Yorkshire | 1.5 mi | £217,000 197 sales |
| LS19 | Leeds | 10.3 mi | £255,000 137 sales |
| LS20 | Leeds | 10.4 mi | £264,000 110 sales |
| LS16 | Leeds | 9.2 mi | £265,000 115 sales |
| HG5 | North Yorkshire | 3.8 mi | £270,000 102 sales |
| LS21 | Leeds | 7.6 mi | £270,000 96 sales |
| YO51 | North Yorkshire | 9.4 mi | £320,000 119 sales |
| LS17 | Leeds | 8.2 mi | £395,000 87 sales |
| LS22 | Leeds | 6.4 mi | £405,000 116 sales |
| LS23 | Leeds | 9.2 mi | £438,800 85 sales |
| HG2 | North Yorkshire | 0.5 mi | £470,000 188 sales |
| HG3 | North Yorkshire | 4.9 mi | £520,000 11 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Oatlands Infant School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around HG2: ages, selection, and how full each one is →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Oatlands Infant School?
Oatlands Infant 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 25.954 miles away, per North Yorkshire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Oatlands Infant School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 25.954 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 100% full the school has little slack. 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 Oatlands Infant 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.
Every North Yorkshire school's distance
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How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →
Admission distance published by North Yorkshire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.