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Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School

Primary · Skipton · BD23 2ES

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 June 2024

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At a glance

221 pupils · 53% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
35.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
URN
147764

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 24 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 18 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

24 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
North Yorkshire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Calow CofE VC Primary SchoolChesterfield · 56 miles awayGood77%
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 52 miles awayGood69%
Sacriston AcademyDurham · 61 miles awayExpected standard88%
Chaddesden Park Primary SchoolDerby · 75 miles awayNeeds attention50%
St Andrew's AcademyBishop Auckland · 50 miles awayGood46%
Race Leys Junior SchoolBedworth · 104 miles awayGood81%
Saxmundham Primary SchoolSaxmundham · 188 miles awayGood63%
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyWakefield · 28 miles awayGood69%
Winshill Village Primary and Nursery SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 81 miles awayExpected standard44%
Dordon Primary SchoolTamworth · 95 miles awayGood48%
Wrockwardine Wood Church of England Junior SchoolTelford · 88 miles awayGood69%
Cranbrook Church of England Primary SchoolCranbrook · 225 miles awayGood53%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 80% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (North Yorkshire 3%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.09 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Yorkshire: 2.43 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,420; 9.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,414
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £288,000; in-year balance +£49,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work24.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health43%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.1%62.3%
Social housing38.3%17.1%
Privately rented11.2%20.5%
Detached houses3.1%22.9%
Flats11.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11%21.1%
Households with no car or van29.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027579 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£225,000607 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£175,000–£300,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (45)£407,500
Semi-detached (170)£300,000
Terraced (305)£195,000
Flat (87)£180,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
32an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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