Best Primary Schools in Harrogate

We checked all 38 primary schools in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and list every one: 31 ranked, then 7 without a rank.

Schools checked
38
Ranked
31
Without a rank
7

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Harrogate. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Harrogate also has 8 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire also has rankings for Scarborough, Selby, Skipton, Northallerton, Whitby and all of North Yorkshire.

Ranked primary schools in Harrogate

  1. 1

    Oatlands Community Junior School

    Academy, 356 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    9%

  2. 2

    Birstwith Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 61 pupils, inspected May 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    91%
    Higher standard
    18%

  3. 3

    Beckwithshaw Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 68 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    91%
    Higher standard
    27%

  4. 4

    Darley Primary School

    Academy, 88 pupils, inspected May 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    86%
    Higher standard
    14%

  5. 5

    Western Primary School

    Academy, 478 pupils, inspected June 2018

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    13%

  6. 6

    Rossett Acre Primary School

    Academy, 424 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    17%

  7. 7

    Burton Leonard Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 84 pupils, inspected June 2019

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    8%

  8. 8

    Follifoot Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 42 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    88%
    Higher standard
    13%

  9. 9

    Pannal Primary School

    Academy, 452 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    11%

  10. 10

    Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 174 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    16%

  11. 11

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

    Academy, 191 pupils, inspected March 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    13%

  12. 12

    St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 243 pupils, inspected May 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    21%

  13. 13

    Coppice Valley Primary School

    Academy, 206 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    4%

  14. 14

    New Park Primary Academy

    Academy, 165 pupils, inspected September 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    15%

  15. 15

    St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 270 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    11%

  16. 16

    Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School

    Academy, 308 pupils, inspected March 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    4%

  17. 17

    Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 278 pupils, inspected December 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    5%

  18. 18

    Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 102 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    0%

  19. 19

    Willow Tree Community Primary School

    Academy, 423 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    13%

  20. 20

    Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 77 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    13%

  21. 21

    Ripley Endowed Church of England School

    Local authority maintained, 58 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    86%
    Higher standard
    0%

  22. 22

    Glasshouses Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 44 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    0%

  23. 23

    Hookstone Chase Primary School

    Academy, 289 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    42%
    Higher standard
    10%

  24. 24

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

    Local authority maintained, 58 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    0%

  25. 25

    Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 273 pupils, inspected September 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    7%

  26. 26

    Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 37 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    0%

  27. 27

    Killinghall Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 204 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    4%

  28. 28

    Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 98 pupils, inspected July 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    42%
    Higher standard
    0%

  29. 29

    Starbeck Primary Academy

    Academy, 234 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    31%
    Higher standard
    0%

  30. 30

    Admiral Long Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 43 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    33%
    Higher standard
    0%

  31. 31

    Summerbridge Primary School

    Academy, 73 pupils, inspected February 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    27%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Harrogate without a rank