Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Harrogate, North Yorkshire·HG1 5EP
Composite score
37.4
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#11,729
National rank
#1204
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#169
In North Yorkshire
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
45%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 17 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
61
any preference, for 17 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9720230.8820240.8620251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
281
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,917
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 281 pupils aged 3 to 11. 45% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 17 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 23.4 pupils per teacher. Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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