New Park Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Skipton Road, Harrogate, HG1 3HF – View on map
- Phone: 01423503011
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sasha Bune
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 11 families put it first for 12 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 35
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.3%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 25.3% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 68% moved to another school, 32% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 6.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 10.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 65% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 20 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 97th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- #96Aspin Park Academy66%
- =97Leeming RAF Community Primary School65%
- =97New Park Primary Academy65%
- =97Sowerby Primary Academy65%
- =97St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy65%
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125th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #123Monk Fryston Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #124Moorside Primary School & NurseryGood
- #125New Park Primary AcademyGood
- #126North Duffield Community Primary SchoolGood
- #127North Rigton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,522 (2024-25)
123rd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #121Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£7,538
- #122Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary School£7,536
- #123New Park Primary Academy£7,522
- #124Friarage Community Academy£7,469
- #125Cambrai Primary School£7,441
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