How far North Yorkshire schools admitted from
For every oversubscribed school, North Yorkshire publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 49 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.
The tightest is Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School at 0.61 miles in 2025/26; the most far-reaching, St Peter's Church of England Primary School, admitted from 533.56 miles.
Primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School Skipton | Good | 0.61 mi | 2025/26 | 102% |
| Coppice Valley Primary School Harrogate | No current grade | 0.68 mi | 2025/26 | 98% |
| Sherburn Hungate Primary School Leeds | No current grade | 0.84 mi | 2025/26 | 91% |
| Starbeck Primary Academy Harrogate | Good | 0.85 mi | 2025/26 | 80% |
| East Ayton Community Primary School Scarborough | Good | 1.05 mi | 2025/26 | 90% |
| Wheatcroft Community Primary School Scarborough | Good | 1.16 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Pannal Primary School Harrogate | Good | 1.18 mi | 2025/26 | 143% |
| Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary School York | No current grade | 1.31 mi | 2025/26 | 69% |
| Carlton Primary School Goole | Good | 1.37 mi | 2025/26 | 92% |
| Killinghall Church of England Primary School Harrogate | Good | 1.59 mi | 2025/26 | 97% |
| Western Primary School Harrogate | No current grade | 1.59 mi | 2025/26 | 101% |
| Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Selby | No current grade | 1.6 mi | 2025/26 | 90% |
| Newby and Scalby Academy Scarborough | No current grade | 1.63 mi | 2025/26 | 97% |
| Appleton Roebuck Primary School York | No current grade | 1.7 mi | 2025/26 | 92% |
| Scotton Lingerfield Primary School Knaresborough | No current grade | 2.14 mi | 2025/26 | 90% |
| Carlton Miniott Primary Academy Thirsk | Good | 2.19 mi | 2025/26 | 93% |
| Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Selby | Good | 2.63 mi | 2025/26 | 90% |
| Rossett Acre Primary School Harrogate | Good | 2.65 mi | 2025/26 | 101% |
| Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Primary School Selby | No current grade | 2.7 mi | 2025/26 | 110% |
| Sinnington Community Primary School York | No current grade | 3.33 mi | 2025/26 | 131% |
| Lealholm Primary School Whitby | No current grade | 3.35 mi | 2025/26 | 73% |
| All Saints Church of England School Harrogate | No current grade | 3.43 mi | 2025/26 | 91% |
| Goldsborough Church of England Primary School Knaresborough | No current grade | 3.52 mi | 2025/26 | 85% |
| Kellington Primary School Goole | No current grade | 3.52 mi | 2025/26 | 85% |
| Staynor Hall Primary Academy Selby | No current grade | 3.74 mi | 2025/26 | 109% |
| Great Ouseburn Community Primary School York | No current grade | 3.88 mi | 2025/26 | 100% |
| West Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Malton | Good | 3.92 mi | 2025/26 | 116% |
| Gillamoor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York | No current grade | 4.51 mi | 2025/26 | 109% |
| Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary School York | Good | 5.06 mi | 2025/26 | 80% |
| Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School YORK | Good | 5.12 mi | 2025/26 | 101% |
| Sutton on the Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York | No current grade | 5.12 mi | 2025/26 | 100% |
| Hutton Rudby Primary School Yarm | Good | 5.35 mi | 2025/26 | 96% |
| Reeth Community Primary School Richmond | No current grade | 5.64 mi | 2025/26 | 112% |
| Askwith Primary School Otley | Outstanding | 7.12 mi | 2025/26 | 100% |
| Crakehall Church of England Primary School Bedale | No current grade | 8.45 mi | 2025/26 | 114% |
| Slingsby Community Primary School York | No current grade | 8.79 mi | 2025/26 | 92% |
| Settrington All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Malton | No current grade | 10.12 mi | 2025/26 | 125% |
| Fairburn Community Primary School Knottingley | No current grade | 14.78 mi | 2025/26 | 105% |
| Oatlands Infant School Harrogate | No current grade | 25.95 mi | 2025/26 | 100% |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School Harrogate | No current grade | 533.56 mi | 2025/26 | 87% |
Secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barlby High School Selby | Requires improvement | 1.41 mi | 2025/26 | 64% |
| Harrogate Grammar School Harrogate | Outstanding | 1.69 mi | 2025/26 | 99% |
| Malton School Malton | Good | 1.87 mi | 2025/26 | 102% |
| George Pindar School Scarborough | No current grade | 3.37 mi | 2025/26 | 78% |
| Stokesley School Stokesley | Good | 7.14 mi | 2025/26 | 82% |
| Tadcaster Grammar School Tadcaster | No current grade | 8.2 mi | 2025/26 | 93% |
| Ripon Grammar School Ripon | Good | 9.86 mi | 2025/26 | 98% |
| King James's School Knaresborough | No current grade | 10.36 mi | 2025/26 | 91% |
| The Skipton Academy Skipton | Good | 16.67 mi | 2025/26 | 88% |
Reading the numbers
These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as North Yorkshire measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →
Checking an address against these
Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.
Admission distances published by North Yorkshire. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.