Schools in Northallerton
Northallerton is the county town and administrative centre of North Yorkshire, with 21 state schools serving the town and surrounding rural parishes - 18 primary and 1 secondary. North Yorkshire Council coordinates admissions for community schools, applying a home-to-school distance tiebreaker after looked-after children and siblings. The town's single main secondary school means most pupils in the Northallerton area attend the same school, though families in outlying villages may be linked to schools in Thirsk, Bedale or Richmond.
Primary admissions in Northallerton are competitive for the most central schools, where distance-based offers have historically been tight in years with strong year-group cohorts. Families are advised to list multiple preference schools across the North Yorkshire co-ordinated admissions scheme, which opens each January for the following September. Catchment boundary maps and the most recent 'last distance offered' figures are published by North Yorkshire Council each autumn.
School demand in Northallerton
Across the 20 schools in Northallerton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 73%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Northallerton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
9 of the schools in Northallerton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of North Yorkshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
9 of the schools in Northallerton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Northallerton: 1 oversubscribed (18)
Leeming and Londonderry Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Northallerton · DL7 9SG
Applegarth Primary School
Primary · Community school
Northallerton · DL7 8QF
North and South Cowton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Northallerton · DL7 0HF
Romanby Primary School
Primary · Community school
Northallerton · DL7 8BL
Leeming RAF Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Northallerton · DL7 9NQ
Alverton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Northallerton · DL6 1RB
Appleton Wiske Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Northallerton · DL6 2AA
Brompton Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Northallerton · DL6 2RE
Aiskew, Leeming Bar Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Northallerton · DL7 9AU
Great Smeaton Academy Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Northallerton · DL6 2EQ
East Cowton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Northallerton · DL7 0BD
South Otterington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Northallerton · DL7 9HD
Ainderby Steeple Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Northallerton · DL7 9QR
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Primary · Academy converter
Northallerton · DL7 8UL
Mill Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Northallerton · DL6 1AE
Oakbridge Church of England Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Northallerton · DL6 2GD
Osmotherley Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Northallerton · DL6 3BW
Broomfield School
Primary · Academy converter
Northallerton · DL7 8RG
Secondary Schools in Northallerton (1)
Other Schools in Northallerton (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Northallerton are set by North Yorkshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.