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Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 278 pupils Harrogate
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Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Harrogate for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 278 pupils on roll. In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Bilton Lane
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 3DT
Phone 01423563078
Reference Number 141722

General Makeup

Number of pupils 278
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.2%
Girls: 51.8%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 31.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 21 17 38
2 15 28 43
3 22 14 36
4 19 22 41
5 13 24 37
6 24 20 44

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87.8%
Chinese 2.2%
White & Black (African) 2.2%
Mixed, Other 2.2%
White & Asian 1.4%
Asian, Other 1.4%
White, Other 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Indian 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 29 Jun 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
29 Jun 2022 School inspection
25 Apr 2017 Short inspection
04 Mar 2015 Academy conversion letter
18 Dec 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
10 Dec 2009 Curriculum and development visit
13 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
15 Sep 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.7
Writing -4.2
Maths -0.1

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 25 0
Third Preference 20 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School had 277 pupils for 263 places. That is 14 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Harrogate Urban East Primary” planning area

North Yorkshire counted 145 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 139 in 2029–30, down 4%.

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 270263263263263263263263263263
Pupils 273274276273277272276279279277
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.1%2.7%2.4%2.7%1.8%4.8%4.3%4.3%3.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.6%0.5%0.4%0.2%0.3%0.3%0.8%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.4%0.0%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.40.70.00.00.00.00.00.00.70.0
Permanent exclusions 0000000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School had 25.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 1.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.411.411.011.612.112.212.011.312.712.413.1
Teachers who left state teaching 11.4%3.9%0.0%0.0%5.4%0.0%17.4%8.1%14.8%1.8%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%–0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%–
Sick days per teacher 0.00.00.00.0–0.00.00.00.00.0–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.7% of pupils at Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 10 2
No specialist assessment of need 11 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 7
Speech, language and communication needs 4 2
Specific learning difficulty 6 0
Hearing impairment 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 1
Physical disability 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School received £6,155 and spent £6,381 for each of its 277 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £275,000 (£991 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust, income was £6,950 and spending £6,849 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £254,000£269,000£272,000£299,000£275,000£245,000£275,000
per pupil £915£968£991£1,086£993£881£991
In-year balance -£20,000-£31,000-£88,000£53,000-£3,000£14,000-£63,000
per pupil -£73-£110-£321£193-£11£51-£226

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School
Bilton Lane, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3BA
0.35 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy
Coppice Rise, North Yorkshire, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2DP
0.56 miles
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School
Grove Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5EP
0.62 miles
Coppice Valley Primary School
Knapping Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2DN
0.65 miles
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Ainsty Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4AP
0.7 miles
New Park Primary Academy
Skipton Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3HF
0.71 miles
Saltergate Junior School
Newby Crescent, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2TT
1.19 miles
Saltergate Infant School
Newby Crescent, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2TT
1.19 miles
St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Belford Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 1JA
1.38 miles
Western Primary School
Cold Bath Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0NA
1.51 miles
Starbeck Primary Academy
High Street, Starbeck, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7LL
1.54 miles
Willow Tree Community Primary School
Wetherby Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7SG
1.63 miles
Killinghall Church of England Primary School
Otley Road, Killinghall, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2DW
1.63 miles
Brackenfield School
128 Duchy Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2HE
1.84 miles
Hookstone Chase Primary School
Hookstone Chase, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7DJ
2.06 miles
Oatlands Infant School
Hookstone Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8BT
2.12 miles
Oatlands Community Junior School
Beechwood Grove, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8QP
2.24 miles
Rossett Acre Primary School
Pannal Ash Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 9PH
2.33 miles
Scotton Lingerfield Primary School
Market Flat Lane, Lingerfield, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 9JA
2.41 miles
St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
Tentergate Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 9BG
2.5 miles
Name Distance
Harrogate High School
Ainsty Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4AP
0.88 miles
Duchy College
Clarence Drive, Harrogate, HG1 2QG
1.19 miles
Strive for Education
21 North Park Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5PD
1.21 miles
Harrogate Language Academy
8a Royal Parade, Harrogate, HG1 2SZ
1.27 miles
St Aidan's Church of England High School
Oatlands Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8JR
1.59 miles
Springwater Academy
High Street, Starbeck, Springwater Academy, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7LW
1.6 miles
St John Fisher Catholic Academy
Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8PT
1.86 miles
Harrogate Grammar School
Arthurs Avenue, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0DZ
1.93 miles
Rossett School
Green Lane, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 9JP
2.45 miles
Ashville College
Green Lane, Harrogate, HG2 9JP
2.6 miles
King James's School
King James Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 8EB
2.92 miles
The Forest School
Park Lane, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 0DQ
3.2 miles

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How many pupils does Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School have?

Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School has 278 pupils on roll.

What age range does Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School cover?

Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School?

Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School is at Bilton Lane, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3DT.

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