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68 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

York has 64 state schools: 50 primary, 9 secondary, 1 nursery. Between them they teach around 24,745 pupils. 56 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.4 out of 10, and 9 score 8 or above.

8 have a sixth form. 26 take children from age three or under. 18 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Acomb Primary School York · Outstanding All Saints Catholic School York York · Outstanding Applefields School York Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy York · Outstanding Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe York · Good Askham Bryan College York · Good Badger Hill Primary Academy York · Good Bishopthorpe Infant School York · Good Bootham School York Burton Green Primary School York · Good Carr Junior School York · Good Clifton Green Primary School York · Good Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School York · Not judged Copmanthorpe Primary School York · Good Dringhouses Primary School York · Good Dunnington Church of England Primary School York · Good Elvington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York · Good Fishergate Primary School York · Good Fulford School York · Outstanding Haxby Road Primary Academy York · Good Headlands Primary School York · Good Hempland Primary School York · Good Heworth Church of England Primary School York · Good Hob Moor Community Primary Academy York · Good Hob Moor Oaks Academy York · Good Huntington Primary Academy York · Requires improvement Huntington School York · Outstanding Joseph Rowntree School York · Good Knavesmire Primary School York · Outstanding Lakeside Primary Academy York · Good Lord Deramore's Primary School York · Outstanding Manor Church of England Academy York · Good Millthorpe School York · Good Naburn Church of England Primary School York · Requires improvement New Earswick Primary School York · Good OneSchool Global York Campus York Osbaldwick Primary Academy York · Not judged Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York · Good Park Grove Primary Academy York · Good Poppleton Ousebank Primary School York · Good Poppleton Road Primary School York · Good Ralph Butterfield Primary School York · Good Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy York · Good Rufforth Primary School York · Good Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York · Not judged Scarcroft Primary School York · Good Skelton Primary School York · Good St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York · Good St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York · Good St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School York · Good St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York · Good St Oswald's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York · Good St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York · Good St Paul's Nursery School York · Good St Peter's School 2-18 York St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York · Good Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School York · Good Tang Hall Primary Academy York · Good The Mount School (York) York Vale of York Academy York · Good Westfield Primary Community School York · Good Wheldrake with Thorganby Church of England Primary School York · Good Wigginton Primary School York · Good Woodthorpe Primary School York · Outstanding Yearsley Grove Primary School York · Good York College York · Good York High School York · Good York Steiner School York · Requires improvement

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Badger Hill Primary Academy Good · ×0.47 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy Good · ×0.64 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Fishergate Primary School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Joseph Rowntree School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hob Moor Community Primary Academy Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lakeside Primary Academy Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Manor Church of England Academy Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Vale of York Academy Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Clifton Green Primary School Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in York

Primary schools: LA designates catchment areas and publishes a 'Guide to School Catchment Areas'; priority access given to the catchment school. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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