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School admissions in Skipton

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

15 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolSkipton1.297
Skipton, Water Street Community Primary SchoolSkipton1.2030
The Boyle and Petyt Primary SchoolSkipton1.1712
Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSkipton1.003
Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSkipton1.009
Kettlewell Primary SchoolSkipton1.003
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary AcademySkipton1.0015
Threshfield Primary SchoolSkipton1.0012
Greatwood Community Primary SchoolSkipton0.9330
Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolSkipton0.9111
Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSkipton0.899
Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSkipton0.888
Skipton Parish Church of England Primary SchoolSkipton0.8824
Carleton Endowed CofE Primary SchoolSkipton0.867
Hellifield Community Primary SchoolSkipton0.754

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

4 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.

SchoolFirst preferences per placePlaces
Skipton Girls' High SchoolSkipton1.50120
Ermysted's Grammar SchoolSkipton1.43127
Upper Wharfedale SchoolSkipton0.9866
The Skipton AcademySkipton0.96156

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.