Springwater School
High Street, Starbeck, Harrogate, HG2 7LW
This school is closed (it closed in October 2025).
It was replaced by Springwater Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mr Mike Finlay
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- URN
- 121776
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Springwater School was a community special school in Harrogate. It taught children aged 2 to 19 and had 121 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Springwater School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Springwater 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 112 |
| 2024/25 | 121 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.67%
- English as an additional language
- 7.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.78%
- Persistent absence
- 32.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Springwater Academy0.0 miles
Academies · Harrogate
-
Henshaws College0.5 miles
Other types · Harrogate
-
Springwell Harrogate1.5 miles
Academies · Harrogate
-
Strive for Education1.7 miles
Special schools · Harrogate
-
The Forest School1.9 miles
Academies · Knaresborough
Other schools in Harrogate
- Forest Moor School Academies
- Henshaws College Other types
- Springwater Academy Academies
- Springwell Harrogate Academies
- Strive for Education Special schools
- 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
Common questions
- What ages does Springwater School teach?
- Springwater School taught children aged 2 to 19. It was a special school in Harrogate.
- Has Springwater School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Springwater 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 Springwater School?
- Springwater School had 121 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- What are Springwater School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Springwater 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 31 October 2025.