Coppice Valley Primary School

Coppice Valley Primary School is performing strongly, with leaders committed to continuous improvement and a clear focus on inclusivity. The school has effectively established an open safeguarding culture, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported. Most pupils achieve in line with national averages, and the curriculum is comprehensive, enabling students to develop essential skills. Notable strengths include strong support for pupils with special educational needs and a welcoming environment that fosters community involvement. While the overall performance is commendable, there are areas that need attention to strengthen the depth of understanding across subjects.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive and welcoming environment.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong leadership with a clear vision for improvement.
• Broad and balanced curriculum designed to develop communication skills.
• High expectations of behaviour among staff.
• Active community involvement and personal development programme.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent opportunities for pupils to deepen their understanding in some subjects.

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 Coppice Valley Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.9% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Coppice Valley 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 Coppice Valley Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.6% 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, 13.6% of pupils at Coppice Valley Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Coppice Valley Primary School received £6,669 and spent £6,666 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £189,000 (£903 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Red Kite Learning Trust, income was £8,002 and spending £7,952 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

Coppice Valley Primary School is part of Red Kite Learning Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Saltergate Junior School Harrogate
• Saltergate Infant School Harrogate
• Western Primary School Harrogate
• Harrogate Grammar School Harrogate
• Rossett Acre Primary School Harrogate
• Rossett School Harrogate
• Oatlands Community Junior School Harrogate
• Templenewsam Halton Primary School Leeds
• Temple Learning Academy Leeds
• Meadowfield Primary School Leeds

What is Coppice Valley Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Coppice Valley Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Coppice Valley Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Coppice Valley Primary School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Coppice Valley Primary School have?

Coppice Valley Primary School has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does Coppice Valley Primary School cover?

Coppice Valley Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Coppice Valley Primary School?

Coppice Valley Primary School is at Knapping Hill, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2DN.