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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

PrimaryAges 3–11AcademyRoman Catholic

Ripon, HG4 2ES · North Yorkshire local authority

Ripon’s School Grade A− better than 81% of towns in England

Its letter
63%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
16/16
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
151 pupils
108% of its 140 places
Free school meals
10%
10 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  • Its own letter, B: Key Stage 2 results better than 63% of England’s primary schools
  • 67% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5 points above England’s schools
  • Over capacity: 151 pupils for 140 places
  • 10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, June 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (16 of 16)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HG4 2) sold for a median £315,000; Ripon’s is £277,450

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 67%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 63% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · North Yorkshire avg 59%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary 67%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 108, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading87%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)78%
England’s schools 73%
Maths91%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling96%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three22%
England’s schools 8% · North Yorkshire 7% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

16
families put it first for September 2026
17
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (1), 2021 (2), 2024 (1), 2025 (8). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through North Yorkshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Ripon, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.05 per place
95% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice

Ripon and North Yorkshire, side by side

2023–2025

All 267 graded primaries in North Yorkshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Ripon’s schools are coloured by their letter.

15%29%43%57%71%85%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Moorside Primary School & NurseryRipon Cathedral CofEOutwood Primary Academy GreystoneHoly Trinity CofE
ABCDElsewhere in North YorkshireSt Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Gunnerside Methodist Junior SchoolA+29%100%
Middleton Tyas Church of England Primary SchoolA+4%91%
Beckwithshaw Community Primary SchoolA+22%88%
Askwith Primary SchoolA+6%88%
Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary SchoolA+4%88%
Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyA+9%88%
Glaisdale Primary SchoolA+4%87%
Tockwith Church of England Primary AcademyA+19%87%
Bolton-On-Swale St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolA+8%84%
South Kilvington Church of England AcademyA+11%84%
Hambleton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolA+6%83%
Outwood Primary Academy AlneA+3%83%
Roecliffe CofE Primary SchoolA+5%83%
Welburn Community Primary SchoolA+17%83%
North and South Cowton Community Primary SchoolA0%82%
Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolA11%80%
Thomas Hinderwell Primary AcademyA41%79%
Bedale Church of England Primary SchoolA15%78%
Kirkby and Great Broughton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolA13%78%
Croft Church of England Primary SchoolA4%78%
Outwood Primary Academy GreystoneA33%78%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary AcademyA4%77%
Skipton, Water Street Community Primary SchoolA8%76%
Thornton in Craven Community Primary SchoolA2%76%
Birstwith Church of England Primary SchoolA8%76%
Nun Monkton Primary Foundation SchoolA11%76%
Sinnington Community Primary SchoolA2%76%
Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary SchoolA10%76%
Hutton Rudby Primary SchoolA−3%75%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyA−16%75%
Threshfield Primary SchoolA−5%75%
Sicklinghall Community Primary SchoolA−11%74%
Crakehall Church of England Primary SchoolA−7%74%
Huby Church of England Primary SchoolA−6%74%
Monk Fryston Church of England Primary SchoolA−7%74%
Greatwood Community Primary SchoolA−22%74%
Bradleys Both Community Primary SchoolA−9%74%
Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary SchoolA−13%73%
Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary SchoolA−8%73%
Ripley Endowed Church of England SchoolA−14%73%
Trinity Academy RichmondA−32%73%
Escrick Church of England Primary SchoolA−5%73%
Alanbrooke AcademyA−7%73%
Mill Hill Primary SchoolA−48%73%
Austwick Church of England VA Primary SchoolA−8%72%
Reeth Community Infant SchoolA−18%71%
Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary SchoolA−19%71%
Follifoot Church of England Primary SchoolA−17%71%
Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolA−8%71%
Lothersdale Primary SchoolA−3%71%
Pannal Primary SchoolA−6%71%
Rossett Acre Primary SchoolA−13%71%
Thornton Dale CofE Primary SchoolA−10%71%
Darley Primary SchoolA−17%71%
Scotton Lingerfield Primary SchoolB+1%70%
Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary SchoolB+12%70%
Topcliffe CofE AcademyB+9%70%
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolB+22%70%
Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolB+4%69%
Oatlands Community Junior SchoolB+5%69%
Aspin Park AcademyB+6%69%
Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolB+14%69%
Linton-on-Ouse Primary SchoolB+6%68%
Glasshouses Community Primary SchoolB+16%68%
North Duffield Community Primary SchoolB+13%68%
Admiral Long Church of England Primary SchoolB+16%68%
Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary SchoolB+11%68%
Hawes Primary SchoolB+7%68%
Cayton Community Primary SchoolB18%67%
Appleton Wiske Community Primary SchoolB16%67%
Dishforth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolB17%67%
Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolB2%67%
Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary SchoolB24%67%
Western Primary SchoolB9%67%
Appleton Roebuck Primary SchoolB2%67%
St Peter's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyB9%67%
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyB10%67%
Selby Abbey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolB31%66%
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyB9%66%
Brompton Community Primary SchoolB25%65%
Barlby Bridge Community Primary SchoolB34%65%
Brompton-on-Swale Church of England Primary SchoolB15%65%
Sand Hutton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolB4%65%
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolB9%65%
Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary SchoolB17%65%
Leyburn Primary SchoolB13%65%
Carlton Miniott Primary AcademyB15%65%
Helmsley Community Primary SchoolB11%65%
Sheriff Hutton Primary SchoolB−10%64%
Staveley Community Primary SchoolB−8%64%
Kirk Hammerton Church of England Primary SchoolB−9%64%
St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, ScarboroughB−10%64%
Knayton Church of England AcademyB−5%64%
Tadcaster Primary AcademyB−13%64%
St Hedda's Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyB−15%64%
Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolB−24%64%
Ingleton Primary SchoolB−10%63%
Barlby Community Primary SchoolB−21%63%
Hemingbrough Community Primary SchoolB−11%63%
Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolB−8%63%
Coppice Valley Primary SchoolB−10%63%
Saxton Church of England Primary SchoolB−9%63%
Stakesby Primary AcademyB−31%63%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyB−15%63%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyB−13%63%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyB−11%63%
Cononley Primary SchoolB−7%63%
Gladstone Road Primary SchoolB−34%62%
Leeming RAF Community Primary SchoolB−7%62%
Norton Community Primary SchoolB−26%62%
Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided SchoolB−11%62%
Spennithorne Church of England VA Infant SchoolB−0%62%
Roseberry AcademyB−21%62%
Airy Hill Primary SchoolB−25%62%
Selby Community Primary SchoolB−43%62%
South Milford Primary SchoolB−9%62%
Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary SchoolB−18%61%
Moorside Primary School & NurseryB−24%61%
Lythe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolB−9%61%
Sutton on the Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolB−7%61%
Warthill Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolB−13%61%
Castleton Primary SchoolB−7%61%
Newby and Scalby AcademyB−18%61%
Fountains Church of England Primary SchoolB−7%61%
Applegarth Primary SchoolC+19%60%
Langton Primary SchoolC+3%60%
Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC+13%60%
Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC+22%60%
Burton Leonard Church of England Primary SchoolC+1%60%
Kirk Smeaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC+11%60%
Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC+6%60%
New Park Primary AcademyC+21%60%
North Rigton Church of England Primary SchoolC+7%60%
Sherburn Hungate Primary SchoolC+26%60%
Starbeck Primary AcademyC+28%60%
Staynor Hall Primary AcademyC+24%59%
Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary SchoolC+13%59%
Marton-Cum-Grafton Church of England Primary SchoolC+14%59%
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyC+12%59%
Willow Tree Community Primary SchoolC+26%59%
Dishforth Airfield Community Primary SchoolC+13%58%
Amotherby Community Primary SchoolC+10%58%
Bentham Community Primary SchoolC+24%58%
Giggleswick Primary SchoolC+7%58%
Fylingdales Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC+22%58%
Hertford Vale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, StaxtonC+19%58%
St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic AcademyC+18%58%
Lealholm Primary SchoolC+2%58%
Riverside School, TadcasterC+10%58%
Rillington Primary SchoolC+20%58%
Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary SchoolC+4%58%
Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC16%57%
Green Hammerton Church of England Primary SchoolC22%57%
Middleham Church of England Aided SchoolC11%57%
Richard Taylor Church of England Primary SchoolC10%57%
East Whitby Primary AcademyC46%57%
Ravensworth Church of England Primary SchoolC14%57%
Meadowside AcademyC29%57%
Sowerby Primary AcademyC19%57%
Carlton Primary SchoolC18%57%
Hackness Church of England Primary SchoolC16%57%
Fairburn Community Primary SchoolC6%57%
Easingwold Community Primary SchoolC28%56%
Glusburn Community Primary SchoolC13%56%
Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolC20%56%
St Peter's Brafferton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolC7%56%
Camblesforth Community Primary AcademyC24%56%
Forest of Galtres Anglican/Methodist Primary SchoolC6%56%
Hunton and Arrathorne Community Primary SchoolC5%55%
Slingsby Community Primary SchoolC6%55%
Boroughbridge Primary SchoolC23%55%
Hunmanby Primary SchoolC27%55%
Leeming St. John's Church of England Primary SchoolC14%55%
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley BridgeC27%55%
The Boyle and Petyt Primary SchoolC3%55%
Kirk Fenton Church of England Primary SchoolC13%55%
Brayton Church of England Primary SchoolC18%55%
Romanby Primary SchoolC12%54%
Cowling Community Primary SchoolC14%54%
Thorpe Willoughby Community Primary SchoolC28%54%
Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary SchoolC10%54%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyC35%54%
Nawton Community Primary SchoolC−22%53%
Lindhead SchoolC−8%53%
East Ayton Community Primary SchoolC−12%53%
Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary SchoolC−11%53%
Riccall Community Primary SchoolC−13%53%
Filey Junior SchoolC−36%53%
Goldsborough Church of England Primary SchoolC−13%53%
Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolC−11%53%
Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolC−13%53%
West Cliff Primary SchoolC−18%53%
Barlow Church of England Primary SchoolC−5%53%
Sutton-in-Craven Community Primary SchoolC−13%52%
Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC−14%52%
Killinghall Church of England Primary SchoolC−13%52%
Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC−12%52%
Brotherton and Byram Community Primary AcademyC−33%52%
Kirkbymoorside Community Primary SchoolC−34%52%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolC−22%52%
Pickering Community Junior SchoolC−22%51%
Settrington All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC−9%51%
Richmond Methodist Primary SchoolC−12%51%
Skipton Parish Church of England Primary SchoolC−36%51%
Malton Primary AcademyC−35%51%
Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Primary SchoolC−7%51%
Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolC−4%50%
Snainton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC−32%50%
Ruswarp Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC−9%50%
Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary SchoolC−6%50%
Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolC−12%50%
Barton Church of England Primary SchoolC−28%50%
Wykeham Church of England Primary SchoolC−15%50%
Hookstone Chase Primary SchoolC−17%49%
Scarborough, Overdale Community Primary SchoolC−47%48%
Alverton Primary SchoolC−57%48%
Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolC−29%48%
Pickhill Church of England Primary SchoolC−13%48%
Stokesley Primary AcademyC−41%48%
Seamer and Irton Community Primary SchoolD16%47%
St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyD52%47%
Broomfield SchoolD16%47%
Scarborough, Northstead Community Primary SchoolD34%46%
Wheatcroft Community Primary SchoolD33%46%
Sharow Church of England Primary SchoolD17%46%
All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyD27%46%
Summerbridge Primary SchoolD23%46%
Sessay Church of England Primary SchoolD6%46%
Snape Community Primary SchoolD11%45%
Hellifield Community Primary SchoolD13%45%
Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolD10%45%
South Otterington Church of England Primary SchoolD12%45%
Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery SchoolD13%44%
Great Smeaton Academy Primary SchoolD17%44%
East Cowton Church of England Primary SchoolD16%44%
Friarage Community AcademyD59%44%
Foston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolD15%43%
Thornton Watlass Church of England Primary SchoolD15%43%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West TanfieldD6%43%
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary AcademyD18%43%
Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary SchoolD14%42%
Gillamoor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolD12%42%
Hipswell Church of England Primary SchoolD27%42%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyD32%41%
Leavening Community Primary SchoolD21%40%
Braeburn Primary and Nursery AcademyD74%40%
Staithes, Seton Community Primary SchoolD−38%38%
Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolD−10%38%
Colburn Community Primary SchoolD−43%37%
Thirsk Community Primary SchoolD−46%37%
Barwic Parade Community Primary School, SelbyD−53%37%
Sutton CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolD−18%37%
Burton Salmon Community Primary SchoolD−30%37%
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary SchoolD−22%36%
Oakridge Community Primary SchoolD−23%36%
Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary SchoolD−14%35%
All Saints Church of England SchoolD−5%35%
Saltergate Junior SchoolD−35%35%
Kellington Primary SchoolD−30%34%
Kettlewell Primary SchoolD−10%33%
West Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolD−21%31%
Barrowcliff SchoolD−55%30%
Ingleby Greenhow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolD−7%30%
Carnagill Community Primary SchoolD−14%29%
Osmotherley Primary SchoolD−7%27%
Stillington Primary SchoolD−44%25%
North Stainley Church of England Primary SchoolD−5%18%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

152 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
13.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
26.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
8.4%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths BBetter than 63% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, June 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in HG4 2, the school’s postcode sector

Ripon property prices →
£315,000
median sale, 359 sales in 36 months · Ripon £277,450

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025HG4 2Ripon
HG4 2Ripon

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£425K
Semi-detached
£300K
Terraced
£215K
Flat
£168K
HG4 2Ripon

Homes in HG4 2 sell for a little over Ripon’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

7 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−B+DA+B+AC−BSt Wilfrid's Catholic Prima…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ripon, HG4 2ES

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy: common questions

Is St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy a good school?

By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 63% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B), with 67% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, June 2025.

How hard is it to get into St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy?

For September 2026, 16 families put St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 17 places were offered in all.

What is St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (June 2025).

How much do houses cost near St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, HG4 2, sold for a median £315,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (359 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Ripon’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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