What schools serve Harrogate?

There are 52 schools in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, including Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School, Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School, Glasshouses Community Primary School, Beckwithshaw Community Primary School, St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley Bridge and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in Harrogate?

Harrogate has 36 primary schools and 6 secondary schools. There are also 10 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Harrogate?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Harrogate, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Harrogate schools are set by North Yorkshire and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the North Yorkshire admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Harrogate?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Harrogate are set by North Yorkshire as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Harrogate

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Harrogate is a spa and conference town in North Yorkshire with 52 state schools - 36 primaries and 6 secondaries - serving the town and a broad rural catchment stretching into Nidderdale and Knaresborough. North Yorkshire Council coordinates admissions and publishes catchment boundaries each year, with rural community schools typically applying a parish or nearest-school preference.

Harrogate's secondary schools are popular and several have been oversubscribed in recent years, with the nearest-school tiebreaker applying after siblings and looked-after children. Families in villages such as Pannal and Spofforth should check which secondary school their address is linked to, as the large geographic area means links are not always intuitive.

School demand in Harrogate

Across the 47 schools in Harrogate with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 87%. 12 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

19 schools in Harrogate have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

31 of the schools in Harrogate are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of North Yorkshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

22 of the schools in Harrogate have a current Ofsted rating, of which 21 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Harrogate: 11 oversubscribed (36)

Kettlesing Felliscliffe Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Harrogate · HG3 2LB

Ages 4-11 42 pupils Capacity 70

Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Harrogate · HG1 5EP

Ages 3-11 281 pupils Capacity 280

Glasshouses Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Harrogate · HG3 5QH

Ages 4-11 51 pupils Capacity 70

Beckwithshaw Community Primary School

Primary · Community school

Harrogate · HG3 1QW

Ages 4-11 53 pupils Capacity 99