{"url":"/school/151856/masham-cofe-primary-school","disclaimer":"This is information only, not advice. It may have mistakes in it, or be out of date. Check with the school and the council before you decide anything.","urn":151856,"name":"Masham CofE Primary School","phase":"primary","type":"Academy sponsor led","local_authority":"North Yorkshire","structure_change":{"kind":"became_academy","date":"2026-02-01","previous_urn":121613,"previous_name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School","in_words":"This school became an academy on 1 February 2026. Before that it was a voluntary aided school, under Masham CofE VA Primary School (URN 121613).","note":"The same school under a new school number. Demand figures before the change are carried from the previous record and marked with held_as."},"about_the_school":{"facts":[{"label":"Type of school","value":"Academy"},{"label":"Academy trust","value":"Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust"},{"label":"Became an academy","value":"1 February 2026. Before that it was a voluntary aided school, under Masham CofE VA Primary School (URN 121613)."},{"label":"Ages","value":"4 to 11"},{"label":"Boys or girls","value":"Boys and girls"},{"label":"Religious character","value":"Church of England, Diocese of Leeds"},{"label":"Nursery classes","value":"No"},{"label":"Website","value":"https://www.masham.ycst.co.uk","url":"https://www.masham.ycst.co.uk"},{"label":"Telephone","value":"01765 689200","url":"tel:01765689200"},{"label":"School number (URN)","value":"151856"}],"website":"https://www.masham.ycst.co.uk","telephone":"01765689200","academy_trust":"YORKSHIRE CAUSEWAY SCHOOLS TRUST","other_schools_in_trust":{"count":9,"nearest":[{"urn":143466,"name":"Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School","distance_miles":13.8},{"urn":141722,"name":"Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School","distance_miles":15.5},{"urn":142148,"name":"St Peter's Church of England Primary School","distance_miles":16.7},{"urn":137139,"name":"St Aidan's Church of England High School","distance_miles":17.1},{"urn":142592,"name":"Oatlands Infant School","distance_miles":17.5},{"urn":142593,"name":"Pannal Primary School","distance_miles":18.6},{"urn":142851,"name":"North Rigton Church of England Primary School","distance_miles":19.8},{"urn":142138,"name":"All Saints Church of England School","distance_miles":20.4},{"urn":147764,"name":"Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School","distance_miles":23.3}],"note":"Schools run by the same trust that have a page on this site, nearest first. Not a ranking."},"federation":null,"note":"From Get Information about Schools. Schools update their own entries, so these can be out of date."},"how_to_apply":{"apply_through":"the council where the family lives","in_words":["You apply through the council where you live, even for a school in another area. You do not apply to the school."],"find_your_council_url":"https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-primary-school-place","link_checked_on":"2026-09-23","closes":"2027-01-15","national_offer_day":"2027-04-16","council_page_for_residents":{"council":"North Yorkshire","url":"https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/education-and-learning/education-and-learning/school-admissions/starting-primary-school-and-junior-school","closes":"2027-01-15","checked_on":"2026-09-23"},"school_website":"https://www.masham.ycst.co.uk","school_telephone":"01765689200","note":"Links and dates can change. Your council's own website has the final word."},"address":{"line1":"Masham","town":"Ripon","postcode":"HG4 4EG","latitude":54.221987,"longitude":-1.654716},"ofsted":{"current_category_of_concern":{"code":"SM","label":"Special measures","inspection_date":"2024-01-30","note":"Describes that inspection. Schools leave these categories; this is not the school's status today."},"inspections":[{"framework":"oeif","framework_label":"Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)","inspection_date":"2024-01-30","overall_effectiveness":"Inadequate","category_of_concern":"SM","note":"The current framework awards no overall grade; a previous-framework grade is not a school's current one."}]},"demand":{"entry_point":"reception","not_the_main_intake":null,"measure":"first preferences expressed divided by offers made","not_a_prediction":"It describes demand. It does not indicate whether any particular child would be offered a place.","movement":null,"includes_predecessor":{"schools":[{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}],"years":[2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025],"first_own_year":2026,"sentence":"Figures before 2026 are from Masham CofE VA Primary School, the school this one replaced, before it became an academy. The government's school register links the two, and they are the same school."},"compared_with_its_own_past":{"intake_year":2026,"earlier_years":[2021,2022,2023,2024,2025],"direction":"fewer","headline":"Fewer families than its recent average put this school first","first_preferences":4,"first_preferences_average":9.6,"band_percent":10,"sentences":["In 2026, 4 families put this school first. In 2021 to 2025 the average was 10 a year.","In 2026, 13 families named this school somewhere on their list. In 2021 to 2025 the average was 16 a year.","In 2026, every family who put this school first was offered a place here (4 of 4). In 2021 to 2025 it was 98 in every 100.","In 2026, 0 of the 4 offers went to children living outside North Yorkshire. In 2021 to 2025 the average was 0 a year.","Some of the earlier years are for Masham CofE VA Primary School, the school this one replaced."],"in_words":["In 2026, 4 families put this school first. In 2021 to 2025 the average was 10 a year.","In 2026, 13 families named this school somewhere on their list. In 2021 to 2025 the average was 16 a year.","In 2026, every family who put this school first was offered a place here (4 of 4). In 2021 to 2025 it was 98 in every 100.","In 2026, 0 of the 4 offers went to children living outside North Yorkshire. In 2021 to 2025 the average was 0 a year.","Some of the earlier years are for Masham CofE VA Primary School, the school this one replaced."],"note":"Each figure is compared only with the same figure at this school in the 5 years before. \"About the same\" means within 10 in every 100 of the average."},"by_year":[{"intake_year":2026,"first_preferences":4,"all_preferences":13,"offers_made":4,"first_preferences_per_place":null,"national_percentile":null,"held_as":null},{"intake_year":2025,"first_preferences":6,"all_preferences":12,"offers_made":6,"first_preferences_per_place":null,"national_percentile":null,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2024,"first_preferences":13,"all_preferences":21,"offers_made":13,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":52.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2023,"first_preferences":9,"all_preferences":16,"offers_made":8,"first_preferences_per_place":null,"national_percentile":null,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2022,"first_preferences":10,"all_preferences":15,"offers_made":11,"first_preferences_per_place":0.91,"national_percentile":25.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2021,"first_preferences":10,"all_preferences":14,"offers_made":10,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":55.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2020,"first_preferences":17,"all_preferences":20,"offers_made":17,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":55.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2019,"first_preferences":14,"all_preferences":17,"offers_made":14,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":54.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2018,"first_preferences":22,"all_preferences":25,"offers_made":22,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":54.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2017,"first_preferences":18,"all_preferences":23,"offers_made":18,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":54.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2016,"first_preferences":13,"all_preferences":16,"offers_made":13,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":53.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2015,"first_preferences":19,"all_preferences":25,"offers_made":19,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":52.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}},{"intake_year":2014,"first_preferences":13,"all_preferences":18,"offers_made":13,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":50.0,"held_as":{"urn":121613,"name":"Masham CofE VA Primary School"}}]},"results":{"note":"Withheld figures appear as null, never zero. Progress measures are estimates published with a 95% interval.","key_stage_4":[],"key_stage_2":[]},"workforce":{"note":"Full-time equivalents, not headcounts. Teacher turnover only: carries no claim about heads or senior leaders.","by_year":[]},"catchment":{"status":"none_published","note":"none_published means we hold no zone for this school. It does not mean an address is outside one.","zones":[]},"what_the_results_are_made_of":null,"how_big_the_school_is":null,"children_in_each_year_group":null,"who_goes_to_this_school":null,"if_you_are_refused_a_place":{"appeal_year":2026,"school_phase":"Primary","appeals_lodged":86,"appeals_heard":53,"appeals_successful":10,"successful_percent":18.9,"infant_class_rule_applies":true,"authority_name":"North Yorkshire","in_words":["In 2026, families in North Yorkshire lodged 86 appeals about a primary school place.","53 of them were heard by a panel and 10 succeeded, which is about 19 in every 100 heard.","The other 33 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.","Reception is an infant class, and the law caps an infant class at 30 children. A panel hearing an appeal about an infant class can only agree in three situations: the place was refused by mistake, the admission rules were not applied properly, or the decision was one no reasonable council would have made. It cannot simply decide that the child should have the place.","Of the 42 infant class appeals heard in North Yorkshire in 2026, 9 succeeded.","This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.","These count appeals about every school in North Yorkshire, not this school. Nobody publishes appeal figures school by school."],"note":"Appeals about every school in this council area, not this school. The success share is taken over appeals HEARD by a panel, not over appeals lodged: about a third of lodged appeals never reach a panel. A record of past decisions and never a forecast of one."},"special_educational_needs":null,"where_families_ranked_this_school":{"intake_year":2026,"places_offered":4,"offers_1st":4,"offers_2nd":0,"offers_3rd":0,"offers_lower_preference":0,"offers_other_route":0,"code":"School Admissions Code 2021","code_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code--2","in_words":["In 2026 this school made 4 offers, and every one of them went to a family who had named it first.","A school is not allowed to treat a family differently because of where it sat on their list. The School Admissions Code says an admission authority must not give extra priority to children whose parents rank preferred schools in a particular order.","The order is used at the end, by the council, and not by the school. Where more than one school could take a child, the council offers the one the family put highest.","Leaving the other boxes empty does not change how this school considers an application. If none of the schools a family names can offer a place, the council has to offer one at a school that has room, and that school may be further away."],"note":"Offers by the preference position the family gave this school. An admission authority must not give extra priority for being ranked first (School Admissions Code 2021, paragraph 1.9c), so these counts are not a measure of anything the school did. The order is applied by the council at the end, only to choose between schools that could each offer a place."},"how_places_are_decided":null,"when_to_apply":{"entry_year":2027,"phase":"primary","closes":"2027-01-15","national_offer_day":"2027-04-16","has_closed":false,"closes_on_a_weekend":false,"code":"School Admissions Code 2021","code_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code--2","in_words":["Applications for a place starting in September 2027 close on 15 January 2027, the date the School Admissions Code sets for every council in England.","Councils send every offer for primary school places on the same day, 16 April 2027 or the next working day."],"note":"Set nationally and identical for every school in England admitting at this stage. Not a date this school chose. Apply through the council you live in, even for a school in another area."},"waiting_lists":{"in_words":["Being refused a place does not end the application. Every admission authority has to keep a waiting list until at least 31 December of the school year the child would have started, and some keep them for longer.","A waiting list is not a queue. The rules say a child cannot be given priority for having joined it earlier, or for having applied earlier. The list is put back in order against the school's own admission rules every time a child is added, so a place can move further away as well as nearer.","Councils differ on whether a refused child goes onto the list automatically. The council that sent the refusal is the only place that can say which it does."],"code":"School Admissions Code 2021","note":"A national rule, not this school's policy. A child cannot be given priority for joining a list earlier or applying earlier, and the list is reordered whenever a child is added, so a position can move either way."},"who_decides_who_gets_a_place":{"admission_authority":"school","body":"its academy trust","in_words":"This school sets its own admission rules, through its academy trust, rather than North Yorkshire setting them.","where_to_look":"Look on the school's own website for its admission arrangements. An admission authority has to agree its rules every year and publish them. The council still takes the application.","note":"Derived from the school's establishment type. The rules themselves are not reproduced: only the admission authority's own published arrangements are binding."},"how_places_were_allocated":[],"how_far_away_children_were_admitted_from":null,"how_the_places_were_shared_out":[],"sources":[{"label":"Department for Education: Get Information about Schools","detail":"School identity, type, phase, address, contact details and how it is run","url":"https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/","retrieved":"2026-09-02"},{"label":"GOV.UK: apply for a school place","detail":"Where to find your council's primary school application. Link checked 23 September 2026","url":"https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-primary-school-place","retrieved":null},{"label":"Ofsted: state-funded school inspections management information","detail":"Inspection outcomes, published monthly","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"label":"Department for Education: school-level applications and offers","detail":"Preferences and offers, 2014 to 2026 intakes","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers","retrieved":"2026-09-14"}]}