Oatlands Community Junior School
Beechwood Grove, Harrogate, HG2 8QP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RED KITE LEARNING TRUST
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Estelle Scarth
- Sponsor
- Red Kite Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 356
- URN
- 142204
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01423872827
About this school
Oatlands Community Junior School is a primary academy in Harrogate. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 356 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Oatlands Community Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 91 | 89 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 71% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 7% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 92% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 93% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 88% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
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 Oatlands 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 | 58% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 356 |
| 2023/24 | 352 |
| 2024/25 | 361 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oatlands Community Junior School compares
Oatlands Community Junior School ranked 45th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 99% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 2.8% | 4.7% | 356 | — |
| Oatlands Infant School | — | 2.9% | 1.5% | 269 | 0.2 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 5.3% | 9.6% | 243 | 1.0 miles |
| Rossett Acre Primary School | 77% | 4% | 10.4% | 424 | 1.0 miles |
| Willow Tree Community Primary School | 61% | 5.8% | 28.3% | 423 | 1.1 miles |
| Pannal Primary School | 77% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 452 | 1.2 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 4.71%
- English as an additional language
- 4.4%
- Overall absence
- 2.79%
- Persistent absence
- 2.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oatlands Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Harrogate
-
St Peter's Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Harrogate
-
Rossett Acre Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Harrogate
-
Willow Tree Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Harrogate
-
Pannal Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Harrogate
Other schools in Harrogate
Oatlands Community Junior School ranks 10th of the 31 ranked primary 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 Oatlands Community Junior School teach?
- Oatlands Community Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Harrogate.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Oatlands Community Junior School?
- The acting headteacher of Oatlands Community Junior School is Mrs Estelle Scarth, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Oatlands Community Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oatlands Community Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Oatlands Community Junior School?
- Oatlands Community Junior School has 356 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Oatlands Community Junior School full?
- Oatlands Community Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 356 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Oatlands Community Junior School a faith school?
- No. Oatlands Community Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Oatlands Community Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Oatlands Community Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Oatlands Community Junior School part of an academy trust?
- Oatlands Community Junior School is part of RED KITE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Oatlands Community Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Oatlands Community Junior School compare with other schools in North Yorkshire?
- Oatlands Community Junior School ranked 45th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 99% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Oatlands Community Junior School's absence rate?
- Oatlands Community Junior School's overall absence rate is 2.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oatlands Community Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oatlands 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 2 July 2026.