St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: Coppice Rise, North Yorkshire, Harrogate, HG1 2DP – View on map
- Phone: 01423562650
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Gillian Delahay
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 20 places – 10 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 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 3.7%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 35% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.5% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 19% moved to another school, 81% 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: 3.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 2.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 77% against an expected 72%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 77%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
- Based on: 30 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 27th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =27Roseberry Academy80%
- =27Sicklinghall Community Primary School80%
- =27St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy80%
- =33Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School79%
- =33Michael Syddall Church of England Aided Primary School79%
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175th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #173St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyGood
- #174St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyGood
- #175St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary AcademyGood
- #176St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, ScarboroughGood
- #177St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,675 (2024-25)
240th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #238Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy£5,706
- #239St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy£5,686
- #240St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy£5,675
- #241Carlton Miniott Primary Academy£5,657
- #242Riverside School, Tadcaster£5,655
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