Western Primary School
General Information
- Address: Cold Bath Road, Harrogate, HG2 0NA – View on map
- Phone: 01423502737
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Johanna Slack
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 53 families put it first for 56 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 56 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 11 · 2025 12 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 39
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.9%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 19% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.7% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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.
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: 3.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 80% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 104
- Based on: 60 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 74th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =74Reeth Community Primary School70%
- =74St Benedict's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy70%
- =74Western Primary School70%
- =77East Whitby Primary Academy69%
- =77Gladstone Road Primary School69%
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6th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #4Dishforth Airfield Community Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #5Outwood Primary Academy AlneOutstanding
- #6Western Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #7Admiral Long Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #8Airy Hill Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,818 (2024-25)
232nd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #230Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School£5,877
- #231St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£5,877
- #232Western Primary School£5,818
- #233St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy£5,790
- #234Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£5,748
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