Academy converter · North Yorkshire

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy

4–11Ages
191Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
142159URN

Coppice Rise, North Yorkshire, Harrogate, HG1 2DP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Apr 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.3per place

0.7 above North Yorkshire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Yorkshire

65 applications for 20 places · 25th of 136 in North Yorkshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

80%met the expected standard

North Yorkshire 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Apr 2025

The graded inspection, 3 March 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

30 April 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
3 March 2020
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

3.3applications per place, Reception

0.7 above North Yorkshire median (2.5) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

65 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 3.3; North Yorkshire median median 2.5
2025 3.3; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
2024 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 2.4
2023 2.2; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
2022 2.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
2021 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
2020 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
2019 2.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
2018 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
2017 2.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
2016 2.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
2015 3.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
2014 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school

More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 10 of 11 years.

This school
North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate (URN 121643), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	20	65	3.3	20	1.00
Sep 2025	15	49	3.3	13	0.87
Sep 2024	19	52	2.7	19	1.00
Sep 2023	25	54	2.2	23	0.92
Sep 2022	24	52	2.2	25	1.04
Sep 2021	22	46	2.1	20	0.91
Sep 2020	30	69	2.3	30	1.00
Sep 2019	25	56	2.2	23	0.92
Sep 2018	30	69	2.3	30	1.00
Sep 2017	30	76	2.5	33	1.10
Sep 2016	30	79	2.6	31	1.03
Sep 2015 *	30	89	3.0	27	0.90
Sep 2014 *	30	80	2.7	38	1.27

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 93% → all three 80% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard80%27th of 232 in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard83%

North Yorkshire 78% England 78%

Higher standard40%

North Yorkshire 32% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

North Yorkshire 75% England 75%

Greater depth27%

North Yorkshire 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard93%

North Yorkshire 75% England 77%

Higher standard23%

North Yorkshire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
North Yorkshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	80%	13%	106	106
2023/24	80%	20%	109	109
2022/23	70%	10%	107	107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary AcademyThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

3.3applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Coppice Valley Primary School
0.2 km · North Yorkshire

2026

4.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
New Park Primary Academy
0.4 km · North Yorkshire

Remains Good2024

3.8applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School
0.4 km · North Yorkshire

Remains Good · improving2023

4.3applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School
0.8 km · North Yorkshire

Remains Good2023

3.6applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School
0.9 km · North Yorkshire

Remains Good2022

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Saltergate Junior School
1.1 km · North Yorkshire

Good2022
Saltergate Infant School
1.1 km · North Yorkshire

Remains Good2024

1.5applications per place
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
1.5 km · North Yorkshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 62%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142159 · 815/3378
Trust: The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 210 pupils · 191 on roll
Free school meals: 3.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 July 2015
Replaced: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate (URN 121643)
Address: Coppice Rise, North Yorkshire, Harrogate, HG1 2DP
Local authority: North Yorkshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources