Springwell Harrogate, Harrogate

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades Springwell Harrogate on 6 areas: 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically achieve well from their starting points."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Improving pupils' attendance is essential to the school's work."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Most pupils stay at the school for short periods of time before returning to their home schools or moving on to other schools or colleges."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school provides an effective and inclusive environment for pupils who have experienced significant challenges at their previous or current mainstream schools."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders' ambition to change pupils' lives shines through the school's vision for pupils to reintegrate in education and be successful in their next steps."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from a well-organised programme for their personal development and wellbeing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils with barriers to writing, or who are in the early stages of learning to write, are appropriately supported and have sufficient opportunity to develop their writing skills".

In its own words: "As the Head of Centre I am proud to welcome you to Springwell Harrogate! Our school is based in Harrogate, and a is member of the Wellspring Academy trust! We aim to prevent our young people being permanently excluded from mainstream schools."

Across North Yorkshire, 92% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in North Yorkshire lodged 207 appeals against secondary school offers; 148 reached a hearing and 33 succeeded (22.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Springwell Harrogate are Harrogate High School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39.5); St Aidan's Church of England High School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 59.4); St Aidans and St John Fisher Associated Sixth Form (1.2 miles); and St John Fisher Catholic Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.6).

Springwell Harrogate is one of 33 schools run by Wellspring Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 13% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 13% to a further education college and 25% into work.

69.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 18 pupils (78.3%) received SEN support and 5 (21.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Harrogate Rail Station, about 920 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Waterloo Street (nw-bound), 140 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 393 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9), as is usual near a town centre.

The primary schools closest to Springwell Harrogate are Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School (under 0.1 miles); Harrogate, Bilton Grange Primary School (0.4 miles); St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles); and Coppice Valley Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.