Springwater Academy
Special school school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 19 · Mixed
High Street, Starbeck, Springwater Academy, Harrogate, HG2 7LW
- Pupils145
- Ages2 to 19
- Latest Ofsted14 Jun 2022
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Graded inspection · 14 Jun 2022
This inspection was of a predecessor school (Springwater School), before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.
Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- Sixth form provisionOutstanding
- Safeguarding is effectiveYes
Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).
S5 Inspection · report published 22 Sep 2022
Ungraded inspection · 11 Dec 2019
This inspection was of a predecessor school (Springwater School), before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.
Outcome: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next. An ungraded inspection checks whether a school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection; it doesn’t give new grades.
Ungraded inspection · report published 20 Jan 2020
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 145 (capacity 155)
48 girls, 97 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 41.6% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy special converter (Academies)
- Trust
- THE ASCENT ACADEMIES' TRUST
- Sponsor
- Ascent Academies' Trust
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Special needs catered for
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Opened
- 1 November 2025
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- URN
- 151754 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
A school named in a child’s education, health and care (EHC) plan must give them a place. Ask your council about places at special schools.
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.