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Pannal Primary School

Primary · Harrogate · HG3 1LH

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 29 November 2022

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At a glance

452 pupils · 143% of 315 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.pannal.ycst.co.uk
URN
142593

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 49 families named it first for 51 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 29 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

51 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

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: Reception

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)

66 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
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
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 peers74.5%
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
Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess HillBurgess Hill · 216 miles awayGood76%
Silverhill Primary SchoolDerby · 73 miles awayGood74%
Home Farm Primary SchoolColchester · 175 miles awayStrong standard75%
Davyhulme Primary SchoolManchester · 48 miles awayOutstanding90%
Atwood Primary SchoolSouth Croydon · 192 miles awayGood76%
Lime Tree Primary School and NurseryMerstham · 196 miles awayOutstanding69%
Rossett Acre Primary SchoolHarrogate · 1 miles awayGood77%
Wickersley Northfield Primary SchoolRotherham · 39 miles awayGood77%
Wymondham College Prep SchoolWymondham · 145 miles awayOutstanding70%
Cheadle Hulme Primary SchoolStockport · 49 miles awayGood74%
Rudston Primary SchoolLiverpool · 68 miles awayGood35%
Juniper Hill SchoolHigh Wycombe · 167 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 89% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (North Yorkshire 3%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · 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)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
27.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% 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)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £49,562; 8.7% 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£5,224
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 83% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £533,000; in-year balance +£268,000

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.3%62.3%
Social housing6.7%17.1%
Privately rented9.1%20.5%
Detached houses64.8%22.9%
Flats6.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms60.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027700 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£645,000101 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£390,000–£825,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (62)£760,000
Semi-detached (20)£400,000
Terraced (18)£295,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
4a rural school averages 0.9

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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