Other independent school
York · YO62 4ER · North Yorkshire
Ages 11–19
- Att817.5
- EM5+0%
0.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 147274
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Academy converter · York · YO62 4DE
Ages 3–11 · 88 pupils · North Yorkshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
6.2%
Admissions demand
0.89 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-11-16
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)60%
Higher standard (RWM)10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.9%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 72
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.89 · Often has places
1st preferences
8
Places offered
9
1st-preference offers
8
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 16
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 9
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill84%
88 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 88
- Boys / girls
- 48 / 40
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 88 / 105 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 8.9%
- FSM pupils
- 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Middlesbrough
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Gerard Eddy
Location
- Address
- Back Lane, Ampleforth
- Postcode
- YO62 4DE
- Town
- York
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in York, North Yorkshire, 88 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 8.9%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Middlesbrough.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Gerard Eddy
- Telephone
- 01439788340