Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 October 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 45% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but in 2011, the 1 earlier year with a published outcome, places ran out and a last distance was published.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 22.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Grove Road, Harrogate, HG1 5EP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 273 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils in this school are happy, friendly and confident.”
- “They embrace the school’s ‘PRIDE’ values.”
- “Pupils attend school regularly.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, pupils need reminders about how to behave in lessons.”
- “In recent years, the school has experienced significant turbulence in leadership and staffing.”
- “However, this is not the case in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 45% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Yorkshire.
- Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Coppice Valley Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Park Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Western Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published