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Oatlands Community Junior School

Primary · Harrogate · HG2 8QP

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 21 January 2025

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At a glance

356 pupils · 99% of 360 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
4.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.oatlandsjunior.co.uk/
URN
142204

In figures

At its inspection on 21 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

90 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers74%
North Yorkshire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
West Park Primary SchoolHartlepool · 50 miles awayGood51%
Helmshore Primary SchoolRossendale · 38 miles awayGood88%
Telford Junior SchoolLeamington Spa · 115 miles awayExpected standard65%
Coppice Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 97 miles awayGood (2019)92%
Bentley Heath Church of England Primary SchoolSolihull · 110 miles awayGood77%
Theydon Bois Primary SchoolEpping · 173 miles awayGood63%
Burton Joyce Primary SchoolNottingham · 71 miles awayNo current grade51%
Tranmere Park Primary SchoolLeeds · 11 miles awayGood88%
Hempstead Junior SchoolGillingham · 202 miles awayGood72%
Woodlands Primary SchoolLiverpool · 70 miles awayExpected standard62%
Heron Way Primary SchoolHorsham · 208 miles awayOutstanding95%
Hursthead Junior SchoolCheadle · 50 miles awayGood76%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (North Yorkshire 3%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.55 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Yorkshire: 2.43 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

61.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,962; 11.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,357
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£147,000; in-year balance +£81,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.5%62.3%
Social housing3.2%17.1%
Privately rented10.2%20.5%
Detached houses19.3%22.9%
Flats6.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027697 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£510,000301 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£307,500–£800,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (104)£825,000
Semi-detached (65)£512,000
Terraced (78)£295,000
Flat (54)£255,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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