St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of its pupils, 11.5% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% 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
- Ainsty Road, Harrogate, HG1 4AP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 270 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “St Robert’s Catholic Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive and diverse community.”
- “Teachers and support staff care passionately about each child.”
- “They take a keen interest in pupils’ ideas and opinions.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, there are instances when a minority of pupils forget their manners or disrupt the learning of others.”
- “However, children do not get off to the best start.”
- “In recent years, a large proportion of children have not developed the literacy, communication and language skills needed to make them ready for Year 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 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) | 62% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 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, Grove Road Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Coppice Valley Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willow Tree Community Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Starbeck Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published