# Bishopthorpe Infant School

URN 148823, Primary, Academy converter, York.

Sim Balk Lane, York, YO23 2QQ.

This page states what happened. It publishes no score, no ranking and no prediction, and nothing here says whether a particular child would be offered a place.

Figures current as of 5 September 2026, the day we last retrieved a source behind this page.

## How many families applied

In the 2025 intake, 27 families named this school as their first preference, and it made 28 offers.

That is 0.96 first preferences per place offered, at Reception. This describes demand. It is not a pass rate and not a prediction.

Little change. Across the 4 most recent years held, first preferences per place averaged 0.96 in 2022–2023 and 0.94 in 2024–2025.

| Intake year | First preferences | Offers made | First preferences per place |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| 2025 | 27 | 28 | 0.96 |
| 2024 | 40 | 44 | 0.91 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 1.00 |
| 2022 | 23 | 25 | 0.92 |

## How the last place was given out















## How the places were shared out

2025 intake, reception: 29 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 20 |
| Distance | 6 |
| Social or medical need | 2 |
| Sibling | 1 |

2024 intake, reception: 44 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 28 |
| Distance | 14 |
| Sibling | 1 |
| Social or medical need | 1 |

2023 intake, reception: 32 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 22 |
| Distance | 7 |
| Sibling | 3 |

2022 intake, reception: 25 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 17 |
| Distance | 5 |
| Sibling | 2 |
| Social or medical need | 1 |

2021 intake, reception: 50 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 37 |
| Distance | 11 |
| Sibling | 2 |

2020 intake, reception: 54 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 36 |
| Distance | 14 |
| Sibling | 4 |

2019 intake, reception: 51 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 32 |
| Distance | 15 |
| Sibling | 3 |
| Social or medical need | 1 |

2018 intake, reception: 59 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 48 |
| Distance | 7 |
| Sibling | 4 |

2017 intake, reception: 56 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 29 |
| Distance | 23 |
| Sibling | 3 |
| Social or medical need | 1 |

2016 intake, reception: 44 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 28 |
| Distance | 14 |
| Sibling | 2 |

2015 intake, reception: 60 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 41 |
| Distance | 14 |
| Sibling | 4 |
| Social or medical need | 1 |

2014 intake, reception: 60 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 48 |
| Distance | 6 |
| Sibling | 6 |

2013 intake, reception: 60 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 41 |
| Sibling | 10 |
| Distance | 9 |

2012 intake, reception: 60 children accounted for. These are the council's own names for its rules and cannot be compared with another council's.

| Rule | Children admitted |
|---|---:|
| Catchment | 44 |
| Distance | 10 |
| Sibling | 6 |

## Catchment area

York publishes an admission area for this school.

Living inside a published area is not an offer of a place. Councils use these areas in different ways: some to decide who gets a place when a school is full, some only to decide who gets free school transport. The shape is drawn to about 20 metres, so it cannot answer a question about a single house.

## Where these figures come from

- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools. School identity, type, phase and address. https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- Ofsted: state-funded school inspections management information. Inspection outcomes, published monthly. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Department for Education: school-level applications and offers. Preferences and offers, 2022 to 2025 intakes. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- York: offer-day statistics. Admissions Summary Allocated, primary 2025, City of York Council. https://data.yorkopendata.org/dataset/fc09382f-88be-47cf-809f-b0f8491492d6/resource/8bb29355-c8f1-4853-9c89-93727bb271ef/download/admissionssummaryallocatedprimary2025.csv. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- York: admission rule breakdown. How places were shared out, 2012 to 2025 intakes. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- Department for Education: school workforce in England. Teacher turnover, by school, from the School Workforce Census. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- York: school admission zones. arcgis fetch 2026-09-05. https://maps.york.gov.uk/arcgis/rest/services/Public/EducationLearning/MapServer/3/query?where=1=1&outFields=*&f=geojson. Retrieved 5 September 2026.

"Retrieved" is the day we downloaded the data, not the day it was written, so a figure can be about an earlier year.

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