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Harrogate Grammar School catchment area

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LondonSue · 22/09/2012 12:28

Does anyone have a rough idea of the catchment area of Harrogate Grammar School for people living in Harrogate please? Thanks very much.

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Loshad · 22/09/2012 21:33

HGS much better imo than st aidans, exam results better, sports better, far far fewer kids fall through the net at sixth form, wider range of viewpoints and social mix than aidans.
London sue no, you cannot live anywhere in Harrogate, usually between 0.8 and 1 mile radius for cut off, school is always oversubscribed.

meditrina · 22/09/2012 14:20

Living in the town catchment puts you in priority 3 for Harrogate Grammar, but if oversubscribed in that category, the want they rank to tie break is first siblings by distance then everyone else by distance. That is why you might want to find out the actual admissions footprint (greatest distance offered).

St Aidan's is a CofE school, which operates a points based system for admissions, see here.

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LondonSue · 22/09/2012 14:05

Thanks very much for all your help.
Does that mean I could live anywhere in Harrogate town and qualify for the Grammar School? Someone had mentioned the catchment area was 1 mile, is that not correct?
Re St Aidan's - do you have to be a regular churchgoer to attend?

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SkippyYourFriendEverTrue · 22/09/2012 13:58

St Aidan's much better FWIW.

meditrina · 22/09/2012 12:52

I've just had a look on the LA website: the town is defined as "the Harrogate civil parish; the part of Killinghall parish lying south of the Harrogate to Skipton road, and east of the Killinghall to Otley road; and part of Walton Park extending into the parish of Kirkby".

I can't find last distance admitted if they had to activate that as tie breaker. But if you ring the school or LA they should be able to tell you.

meditrina · 22/09/2012 12:36

All of Harrogate is in catchment, urban zone (79% of places after SEN and exceptional needs) and specified villages (listed on school website) are in the rural zone (21% places).

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