# St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in North Yorkshire, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 191 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E142159. [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 191
- Council: North Yorkshire
- URN: 142159

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), March 2020
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 3 March 2020
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 30 April 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 80% of pupils at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in North Yorkshire and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | North Yorkshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Coppice Valley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/coppice-valley-primary-school-e145026): 250 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [New Park Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-park-primary-academy-e142497): 370 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harrogate-bilton-grange-primary-school-e142198): 380 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, October 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harrogate-grove-road-community-primary-school-e121395): 830 m. Primary. School remains Good, October 2023. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Springwell Harrogate](https://openindex.co.uk/school/springwell-harrogate-e140077): 850 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/richard-taylor-church-of-england-primary-school-e141722): 900 m. Primary. School remains Good, June 2022. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/142159)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142159)

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