Saltergate Infant School
Saltergate Infant School is a converter academy in Harrogate for boys and girls aged 2 to 7. It has 106 pupils and room for 180. About 29 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Newby Crescent, Harrogate, HG3 2TT01423 508552saltergateschools.co.ukMrs Jo Hall headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 17 July 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
43 places were empty (25% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to North Yorkshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (19), emotional and mental health (12), Moderate learning difficulty (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Specific learning difficulty (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 6.3% | 6.0% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 2.1% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3.1% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 15.4% | 16.2% | 13.9% | 12.1% | 4.7% | 8.1% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Saltergate Infant School, the school this one replaced in April 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltergate Junior School | Academy | 0 m | 211 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| New Park Primary Academy | Academy | 770 m | 165 | Good 2024 | 37 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, A Voluntary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 191 | Good 2020 | 92 | Compare |
| Coppice Valley Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 206 | Report card 2026 | 80 | Compare |
| Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 308 | Good 2023 | 60 | Compare |
| Killinghall Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 204 | Good 2022 | 38 | Compare |
| Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 273 | Good 2023 | 14 | Compare |
| Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 278 | Good 2022 | 58 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Saltergate Infant School a good school?
Saltergate Infant School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in July 2024.
What is Saltergate Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Saltergate Infant School good at its last full inspection on 17 July 2024.
How many pupils does Saltergate Infant School have?
106 pupils aged 2 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 59% full.
Is Saltergate Infant School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 43 places were empty in 2024/25 (25% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Saltergate Infant School?
Pupils were in school 93.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 15% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Saltergate Infant School?
The average class had 26.5 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Newby Crescent, Harrogate, HG3 2TT
- Telephone
- 01423 508552
- Website
- www.saltergateschools.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Hall
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Red Kite Learning Trust (16 schools)
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Bilton Grange & New Park
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151516 · LAESTAB 8152425 · UKPRN 10097182
- Formerly
- Saltergate Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.