Rossett Acre Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.394 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2016–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rossett Acre Primary School is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
Rossett Acre 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 | 2.394 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 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 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 2.394 miles away, the 22nd shortest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 3 of the 7 years with a published outcome, and the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 63 first-choice applications for 59 offers; all 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Pannal Ash Road, Harrogate, HG2 9PH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 424 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 June 2022
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community in this school.”
- “The school’s vision, ‘excellence and happiness for all’, is clear to see in the supportive and ambitious culture leaders have established.”
- “Staff have very high expectations for all pupils.”
To improve
- “Reception is not always the starting point of curriculum planning for each subject though.”
- “In English though, it is not clear when handwriting and letter formation knowledge are introduced and revisited.”
- “Therefore, there has been less attention to checking if pupils are securing this foundational knowledge effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 77% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.
- Oatlands Infant School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Western Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oatlands Community Junior School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Pannal Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Beckwithshaw Community Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coppice Valley Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published