Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Harrogate, North Yorkshire·HG1 3DT
Composite score
47.4
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#8,185
National rank
#823
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#120
In North Yorkshire
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
40 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 40 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.1820231.1020240.9720251.002026

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

Every child who put Richard Taylor Church of England 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
277
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,877
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School

Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 277 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 40 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 24.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Richard Taylor Church of England 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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