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. 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.

Reception places, September 2026

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

School	First preferences per place	Places
Dacre Braithwaite Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.70	10
Bishop Monkton Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.29	14
Markington Church of England Primary & Nursery SchoolHarrogate	1.17	6
Coppice Valley Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.13	30
Burton Leonard Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.10	10
Summerbridge Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.09	11
Rossett Acre Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.07	59
Oatlands Infant SchoolHarrogate	1.04	89
Admiral Long Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	6
All Saints Church of England SchoolHarrogate	1.00	11
Beckwithshaw Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	6
Darley Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	5
Follifoot Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	3
Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	20
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	17
Hookstone Chase Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	32
Richard Taylor Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	40
Ripley Endowed Church of England SchoolHARROGATE	1.00	4
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley BridgeHarrogate	1.00	5
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary AcademyHarrogate	1.00	20
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyHarrogate	1.00	25
Starbeck Primary AcademyHarrogate	1.00	25
Willow Tree Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	1.00	55
Saltergate Infant SchoolHarrogate	0.97	32
Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.97	29
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.96	27
Killinghall Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.96	26
Pannal Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.96	51
Western Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.95	56
New Park Primary AcademyHarrogate	0.92	12
Spofforth Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.90	10
Glasshouses Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.83	6
Birstwith Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.73	11
Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary SchoolHarrogate	0.00	1

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