Coppice Valley Primary School
Knapping Hill, Harrogate, HG1 2DN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- RED KITE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Hannah McNamara
- Sponsor
- Red Kite Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 145026
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01423563760
About this school
Coppice Valley Primary School is a primary academy in Harrogate. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 206 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 31 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 61% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 71% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 74% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 81% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.60 | - | - |
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 Coppice Valley Primary 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 | 59% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 207 |
| 2024/25 | 209 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Coppice Valley Primary School compares
Coppice Valley Primary School ranked 84th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 3.9% | 12.9% | 206 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy | 80% | 3% | 2.1% | 191 | 0.2 miles |
| Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School | 72% | 4% | 21.8% | 308 | 0.3 miles |
| New Park Primary Academy | 65% | 6.9% | 22.4% | 165 | 0.3 miles |
| Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School | 45% | 5.6% | 24.6% | 273 | 0.4 miles |
| Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School | 64% | 3.9% | 9% | 278 | 0.6 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)
- 12.92%
- English as an additional language
- 19.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.91%
- Persistent absence
- 9.89%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Harrogate
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Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Harrogate
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New Park Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Harrogate
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Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Harrogate
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Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Harrogate
Other schools in Harrogate
Coppice Valley Primary School ranks 13th 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
- 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
- Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Coppice Valley Primary School teach?
- Coppice Valley Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Harrogate.
- Who is the headteacher of Coppice Valley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Coppice Valley Primary School is Ms Hannah McNamara, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Coppice Valley Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coppice Valley Primary 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 big is Coppice Valley Primary School?
- Coppice Valley Primary School has 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Coppice Valley Primary School full?
- Coppice Valley Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 206 on roll (98%), 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 Coppice Valley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Coppice Valley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Coppice Valley Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Coppice Valley Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Coppice Valley Primary School?
- Coppice Valley Primary 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 Coppice Valley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Coppice Valley Primary School rank locally?
- Coppice Valley Primary School ranked 84th of 233 primary schools in North Yorkshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Coppice Valley Primary School's absence rate?
- Coppice Valley Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Coppice Valley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Coppice Valley Primary 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 10 July 2026.