Saltergate Community Junior School
Newby Crescent, Harrogate, HG3 2TT
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Saltergate Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Hall
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 210
- URN
- 121463
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Saltergate Community Junior School was a community primary school in Harrogate. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 210 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Saltergate Community Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 54 | 55 | 47 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 39% | 35% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 71% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 60% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 64% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Saltergate Community Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 203 |
| 2023/24 | 218 |
| 2024/25 | 210 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Saltergate Community Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 6.2% | 35.7% | 210 | — |
| Saltergate Junior School | — | — | — | 211 | 0.0 miles |
| Saltergate Infant School | — | — | — | 106 | 0.0 miles |
| New Park Primary Academy | 65% | 6.9% | 22.4% | 165 | 0.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy | 80% | 3% | 2.1% | 191 | 0.7 miles |
| Coppice Valley Primary School | 68% | 3.9% | 12.9% | 206 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.71%
- English as an additional language
- 16.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.18%
- Persistent absence
- 17.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Saltergate Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Harrogate
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Saltergate Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Harrogate
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New Park Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Harrogate
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Harrogate
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Coppice Valley Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Harrogate
Other schools in Harrogate
- Admiral Long Church of England Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England School Primary
- Beckwithshaw Community Primary School Primary
- Birstwith Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Coppice Valley Primary School Primary
- Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary School Primary
- Darley Primary School Primary
- Follifoot Church of England Primary School Primary
- Glasshouses Community Primary School Primary
- Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Saltergate Community Junior School teach?
- Saltergate Community Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Harrogate.
- Has Saltergate Community Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Saltergate Community Junior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Saltergate Community Junior School?
- Saltergate Community Junior School had 210 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Saltergate Community Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 39% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Saltergate Community Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Saltergate Community Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.