Western Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Western Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 21 March 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Western 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 4 earlier years (2019, 2020, 2024, 2025).
- 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- For Reception 2026 there were 53 first-choice applications for 56 offers, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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
- Cold Bath Road, Harrogate, HG2 0NA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 478 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 21 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are extremely proud to attend this happy and vibrant school.”
- “They talk with enthusiasm and interest about their learning.”
- “The school supports pupils’ emotional needs well.”
To improve
- “Last year, the published outcomes in mathematics were not in line with previous years.”
- “Some pupils struggled to make the most of the support provided by the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (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) | 70% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 53 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.
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rossett Acre Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Coppice Valley Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oatlands Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- New Park Primary Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published