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Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 308 pupils Harrogate
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Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School is an academy converter in Harrogate for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 308 pupils on roll. In 2025, 72% 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 Does not apply
Address Bilton Lane
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 3BA
Phone 01423502375
Reference Number 142198

General Makeup

Number of pupils 308
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.65%
Girls: 49.35%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 11%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 20 24 44
2 17 20 37
3 21 19 40
4 31 28 59
5 27 17 44
6 15 27 42

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.6%
White, Other 5.5%
African 5.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
White & Asian 1.3%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%
Asian, Other 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 05 Oct 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
05 Oct 2023 School inspection
25 Apr 2018 Short inspection
05 Aug 2015 Academy conversion letter
11 Mar 2015 Full inspection:
Previously as Harrogate, Bilton Grange Community Primary School
15 Jan 2013 Interim assessment
23 Nov 2011 Curriculum and development visit
16 Nov 2009 Full inspection:
13 Jun 2007 Full inspection:
18 Nov 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 72%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4%

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 104

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 -0.2
Writing -1.1
Maths -2.3

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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 34 0
Third Preference 27 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School had 312 pupils for 336 places. 24 places (7.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

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

North Yorkshire counted 232 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 210 in 2029–30, down 9%.

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 310310310336336336336336336
Pupils 312314313317304323315310312
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%5.7%9.5%3.9%6.2%7.7%7.1%

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 Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%2.7%3.1%2.5%2.6%5.6%3.6%3.7%3.2%
Unauthorised absence 0.9%0.7%0.7%0.8%0.3%0.6%0.7%0.9%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.4%0.0%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, 1.9% of pupils at Harrogate, Bilton Grange 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 1.32.80.90.31.30.31.52.90.72.6
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 Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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 10.916.613.513.513.913.313.515.410.612.110.8
Teachers who left state teaching 35.1%9.4%0.0%7.8%19.0%33.9%17.6%16.9%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 86.7%75.0%50.0%73.7%–35.0%60.0%92.3%35.3%68.8%–
Sick days per teacher 4.25.24.513.2–11.18.74.60.77.2–

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, 15.6% of pupils at Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 16 7
Specific learning difficulty 14 2
Social, emotional and mental health 7 6
Autistic spectrum disorder 6 3
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Down's syndrome 0 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Vision impairment 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 Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School received £6,096 and spent £6,315 for each of its 308 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £154,000 (£500 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Yorkshire Collaborative Academy Trust, income was £7,313 and spending £7,615 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £51,000£100,000£148,000£160,000£163,000£149,000£154,000
per pupil £165£318£485£496£518£492£500
In-year balance £7,000£71,000£45,000£89,000£36,000£49,000-£67,000
per pupil £22£227£149£276£114£160-£219

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
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy
Coppice Rise, North Yorkshire, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2DP
0.24 miles
Coppice Valley Primary School
Knapping Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2DN
0.3 miles
Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School
Bilton Lane, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3DT
0.35 miles
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School
Grove Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5EP
0.39 miles
New Park Primary Academy
Skipton Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3HF
0.45 miles
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Ainsty Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4AP
0.72 miles
Saltergate Junior School
Newby Crescent, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2TT
0.92 miles
Saltergate Infant School
Newby Crescent, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2TT
0.92 miles
St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Belford Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 1JA
1.1 miles
Western Primary School
Cold Bath Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0NA
1.18 miles
Brackenfield School
128 Duchy Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2HE
1.48 miles
Killinghall Church of England Primary School
Otley Road, Killinghall, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2DW
1.56 miles
Willow Tree Community Primary School
Wetherby Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7SG
1.59 miles
Starbeck Primary Academy
High Street, Starbeck, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7LL
1.71 miles
Oatlands Infant School
Hookstone Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8BT
1.89 miles
Rossett Acre Primary School
Pannal Ash Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 9PH
2.02 miles
Oatlands Community Junior School
Beechwood Grove, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8QP
2.03 miles
Hookstone Chase Primary School
Hookstone Chase, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7DJ
2.13 miles
Ripley Endowed Church of England School
Main Street, Ripley, Ripley Endowed C Of E School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 3AY
2.68 miles
Scotton Lingerfield Primary School
Market Flat Lane, Lingerfield, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 9JA
2.76 miles
Name Distance
Duchy College
Clarence Drive, Harrogate, HG1 2QG
0.84 miles
Harrogate High School
Ainsty Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4AP
0.86 miles
Harrogate Language Academy
8a Royal Parade, Harrogate, HG1 2SZ
0.94 miles
Strive for Education
21 North Park Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5PD
0.97 miles
St Aidan's Church of England High School
Oatlands Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8JR
1.41 miles
Harrogate Grammar School
Arthurs Avenue, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 0DZ
1.62 miles
St John Fisher Catholic Academy
Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8PT
1.73 miles
Springwater Academy
High Street, Starbeck, Springwater Academy, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7LW
1.76 miles
Rossett School
Green Lane, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 9JP
2.14 miles
Ashville College
Green Lane, Harrogate, HG2 9JP
2.29 miles
King James's School
King James Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 8EB
3.15 miles
The Forest School
Park Lane, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 0DQ
3.46 miles

All schools in Harrogate · North Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School is part of Yorkshire Collaborative Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School have?

Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School has 308 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School cover?

Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School?

Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School is at Bilton Lane, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3BA.

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