St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

North YorkshireLocal Authority

Harrogate and KnaresboroughConstituency

HG1 2DPPostcode

8.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 191 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy is part of The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 80%
Higher standard: 20%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 109

Ethnicity

White

73%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

191

Total Pupils

45%Boys

55%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

35%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 191
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 30 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 May 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.