New Park Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Harrogate, North Yorkshire·HG1 3HF
Composite score
59.8
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#3,980
National rank
#383
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#64
In North Yorkshire
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
15%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 12 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9320230.9620240.8720250.922026

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

Every child who put New Park Primary Academy 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
182
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,522
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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New Park Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, New Park Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 182 pupils aged 3 to 11. 65% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% 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 New Park Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. New Park Primary Academy 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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