Schools in Harrogate

About schools in Harrogate

Most of the 52 schools listed in Harrogate are primary schools. Its six secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Another five schools provide for children with additional needs or alternative provision.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

64%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 32 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

49.9

average Attainment 8 score, across the 8 schools with published results

Primary schools36

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Admiral Long Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  33%

  expected standard
• All Saints Church of England School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Beckwithshaw Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  91%

  expected standard
• Birstwith Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  91%

  expected standard
• Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Coppice Valley Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• Darley Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• Follifoot Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5 to 11

  88%

  expected standard
• Glasshouses Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Hookstone Chase Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  42%

  expected standard
• Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Killinghall Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

• New Park Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Oatlands Community Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Oatlands Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Pannal Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Ripley Endowed Church of England School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• Rossett Acre Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Saltergate Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 7

• Saltergate Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

• Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  42%

  expected standard
• St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley Bridge

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

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

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• St Peter's Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Starbeck Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  31%

  expected standard
• Summerbridge Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  27%

  expected standard
• Western Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Willow Tree Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  61%

  expected standard

Secondary schools6

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Harrogate Grammar School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  56.6

  Attainment 8
• Harrogate High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  39.1

  Attainment 8
• Nidderdale High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  41.8

  Attainment 8
• Rossett School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  44.1

  Attainment 8
• St Aidan's Church of England High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  56.4

  Attainment 8
• St John Fisher Catholic Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  55.1

  Attainment 8

Special schools and alternative provision5

• Forest Moor School

  Academy special sponsor led · Ages 9 to 16

• Henshaws College

  Special post 16 institution · Ages 16 to 25

• Springwater Academy

  Academy special converter · Ages 2 to 19

• Springwell Harrogate

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 11 to 16

• Strive for Education

  Other independent special school · Ages 14 to 19

Independent schools4

• Ashville College

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 19

• Belmont Grosvenor School

  Other independent school · Ages 0 to 11

• Brackenfield School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 11

• Harrogate Ladies' College

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 18

Other establishments1

• Harrogate Language Academy

  Miscellaneous · Ages 16 to 99

Common questions about schools in Harrogate

How many schools are in Harrogate?

OfferDay lists 52 schools in Harrogate, including 36 primary schools and six secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Harrogate?

Every school in Harrogate is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in Harrogate?

OfferDay ranks schools in Harrogate where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.