Pannal Primary School

Pannal Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' rating across all key areas since its last inspection in June 2019. The school demonstrates strong leadership and high expectations for its pupils, fostering positive relationships and creating a safe learning environment. The curriculum is generally well-planned and engaging, although there are areas needing improvement in sequencing and monitoring to better assess pupils' learning outcomes. The school's commitment to personal development and support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is commendable, and staff wellbeing is prioritized.

Strengths

• High expectations of pupils and a positive school culture
• Strong support for pupils with SEND
• Passionate and knowledgeable curriculum leaders
• Effective phonics program helping children learn to read early
• Well-planned mathematics curriculum with good engagement
• Emphasis on personal development and safety education

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent subject sequencing impacting assessment effectiveness
• Some curriculum leaders lack effective monitoring of their subjects
• Need for more formative assessments to check learning progress

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 Pannal Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

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 Pannal Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

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 Pannal Primary School had 27.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

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, 14.2% of pupils at Pannal Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

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 Pannal Primary School received £5,862 and spent £5,727 for each of its 447 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £636,000 (£1,422 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

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.

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

Pannal Primary School is part of Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Oatlands Infant School Harrogate
• St Aidan's Church of England High School Harrogate
• St Peter's Church of England Primary School Harrogate
• All Saints Church of England School Harrogate
• North Rigton Church of England Primary School Leeds
• Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School Harrogate
• Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School Harrogate
• Embsay Church of England Primary School Skipton
• Masham CofE Primary School Ripon
• Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School Skipton

What is Pannal Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pannal Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Pannal Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Pannal Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Pannal Primary School have?

Pannal Primary School has 452 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pannal Primary School cover?

Pannal Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Pannal Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pannal Primary School?

Pannal Primary School is at Pannal Green, Pannal, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 1LH.