Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Harrogate, North Yorkshire·HG1 3BA
Composite score
51.5
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#6,767
National rank
#656
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#100
In North Yorkshire
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
126
any preference, for 29 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.7320230.9320240.8620250.972026

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

Every child who put Harrogate, Bilton Grange 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
308
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,899
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School is a primary school serving Harrogate, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 308 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. Harrogate, Bilton Grange 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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