School admissions in Harrogate

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 8 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Harrogate in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 34 schools in Harrogate first 774 times for 764 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the North Yorkshire authority's 280 schools. 8 of the 34 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 3 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.22 miles (Coppice Valley Primary School) to 2.98 miles (Oatlands Infant School).

For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Harrogate first 1,031 times for 1,016 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the North Yorkshire authority's 40 schools. 2 of the 6 had more first choices than places.

Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.

Reception places, September 2026

34 schools. 8 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.70	10	not published
Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.29	14	not published
Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery SchoolHarrogate	1.17	6	not published
Coppice Valley Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.13	30	1.217 miles 2026
Burton Leonard Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.10	10	not published
Summerbridge Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.09	11	not published
Rossett Acre Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.07	59	2.394 miles 2026
Oatlands Infant SchoolHarrogate	1.04	89	2.981 miles 2026
Admiral Long Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	6	not published
All Saints Church of England SchoolHarrogate	1.00	11	not published
Beckwithshaw Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	6	not published
Darley Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	5	not published
Follifoot Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	3	not published
Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	20	not published
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	17	not published
Hookstone Chase Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	32	not published
Richard Taylor Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	40	not published
Ripley Endowed Church of England SchoolHARROGATE	1.00	4	not published
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley BridgeHarrogate	1.00	5	not published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary AcademyHarrogate	1.00	20	not published
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyHarrogate	1.00	25	not published
Starbeck Primary AcademyHarrogate	1.00	25	not published
Willow Tree Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	55	not published
Saltergate Infant SchoolHarrogate	0.97	32	not published
Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.97	29	not published
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.96	27	not published
Killinghall Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.96	26	not published
Pannal Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.96	51	not published
Western Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.95	56	not published
New Park Primary AcademyHarrogate	0.92	12	not published
Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.90	10	not published
Glasshouses Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.83	6	not published
Birstwith Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.73	11	not published
Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.00	1	not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

6 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
St Aidan's Church of England High SchoolHarrogate	1.37	248
Harrogate Grammar SchoolHarrogate	1.30	281
Harrogate High SchoolHarrogate	0.78	87
Nidderdale High SchoolHarrogate	0.73	70
St John Fisher Catholic AcademyHarrogate	0.71	182
Rossett SchoolHarrogate	0.52	148