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Best primary schools in York

47 of 50 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all York schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 42 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Skelton Primary School York 100.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Ralph Butterfield Primary School York 86.0% Good about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Knavesmire Primary School York 84.0% Outstanding about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Dunnington Church of England Primary School York 80.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Clifton With Rawcliffe Primary School York 78.0% Not judged about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Wigginton Primary School York 78.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Hempland Primary School York hidden gem 77.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Lord Deramore's Primary School York 77.0% Outstanding improving oversubscribed 2.44 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Scarcroft Primary School York 75.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York 75.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Archbishop of York's CofE Junior School, Bishopthorpe York 73.0% Good — approximate
12 Badger Hill Primary Academy York hidden gem 73.0% Good undersubscribed 0.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York 73.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York hidden gem 72.0% Good undersubscribed 0.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 St Oswald's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York 72.0% Good oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Elvington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York hidden gem 71.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 Dringhouses Primary School York 70.0% Good about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 Woodthorpe Primary School York 69.0% Outstanding improving about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Wheldrake with Thorganby Church of England Primary School York 68.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Poppleton Ousebank Primary School York 67.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Headlands Primary School York hidden gem 66.0% Good declining about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 Park Grove Primary Academy York 65.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Stockton-on-the-Forest Primary School York 65.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Carr Junior School York 64.0% Good — mapped
25 Poppleton Road Primary School York 64.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Rufforth Primary School York 64.0% Good about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy York 63.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York 61.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 St Lawrence's Church of England Primary School York 61.0% Good improving oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
30 Huntington Primary Academy York 60.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 Osbaldwick Primary Academy York 60.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
32 Fishergate Primary School York hidden gem 57.0% Good undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
33 Copmanthorpe Primary School York 56.0% Good declining about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
34 Acomb Primary School York 55.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
35 Tang Hall Primary Academy York 55.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
36 St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York 54.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
37 St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy York hidden gem 52.0% Good undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Clifton Green Primary School York hidden gem 51.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
39 Haxby Road Primary Academy York 50.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
40 New Earswick Primary School York 50.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
41 Hob Moor Community Primary Academy York hidden gem 48.0% Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
42 Westfield Primary Community School York 41.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
43 Yearsley Grove Primary School York 41.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
44 Lakeside Primary Academy York hidden gem 40.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
45 Burton Green Primary School York 37.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
46 Heworth Church of England Primary School York 37.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
47 Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School York 0.0% Not judged declining about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in York

3 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of York, not a fairer one.

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