Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bilton Lane, Harrogate, HG1 3BA – View on map
- Phone: 01423502375
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sian James
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 53
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.2%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.5% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Yorkshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 77% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 89%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 104
- Based on: 47 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 61st of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =58Nawton Community Primary School73%
- =58Threshfield Primary School73%
- =61Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School72%
- =61Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School72%
- =63Amotherby Community Primary School71%
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69th of 211 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #67Greatwood Community Primary SchoolGood
- #68Gunnerside Methodist Primary SchoolGood
- #69Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary SchoolGood
- #70Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary SchoolGood
- #71Hawes Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,899 (2024-25)
228th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #226Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School£5,936
- #227Roseberry Academy£5,920
- #228Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School£5,899
- #229Ingleton Primary School£5,891
- #230Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School£5,877
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