Riverside School, Tadcaster
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Primary
Tadcaster · LS24 9JN · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS253%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM10.0%
- Demand1.00
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 148879
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy converter · Tadcaster · LS24 9JG
Ages 2–11 · 87 pupils · North Yorkshire
Ofsted
Standards maintained
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
7.0%
Admissions demand
0.91 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-03-09
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)20%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.2%
Unauthorised2.6%
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 65
Absence trend
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
0.91 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
10
Places offered
11
1st-preference offers
10
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 32
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 11
- 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 fill64%
87 pupils · 135 places
- Pupils on roll
- 87
- Boys / girls
- 39 / 48
- School capacity
- 135
- Capacity fill
- 87 / 135 (64%)
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- FSM pupils
- 20
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 2–11
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 Leeds (rc)
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BISHOP WHEELER CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BISHOP WHEELER CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Ronicle
Location
- Address
- Station Road, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- Postcode
- LS24 9JG
- Town
- Tadcaster
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to 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 2–11, in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, 87 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 31.7%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (rc).
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Tadcaster Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Tadcaster · LS24 8AN · North Yorkshire
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM12.5%
- Demand1.00
0.6 miles away
Tadcaster Grammar School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Tadcaster · LS24 9NB · North Yorkshire
Ages 11–18
- Att851.7
- P80.3
- EM5+55%
- Absence6.9%
1.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Ronicle
- Telephone
- 01937832344