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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Coppice Rise, North Yorkshire, Harrogate HG1 2DP · stjosephsharrogate.org · 01423 562650
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Yorkshire 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 191
- 91% of 210 places
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 3.7%
- First language not English
- 34.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 20 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 25 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 24 | 25 | 1▲ | 96% |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across North Yorkshire it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 March 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 29 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Jan 2007Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 54
- 28% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied