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Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School

North Yorkshire, BD23 1PEPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Feb 2023
KS2 Results
85%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.2×
Oversubscribed
37 1st-choice / 30 places
Ranking
🏆Top 10%
#755 of 13,686 nationally

About Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School

Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, a solid outcome that places it among the stronger primary schools in North Yorkshire. The school’s academic story is best told through its Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 year, where 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits well above the local authority average of 60%, and it’s what earned the school a ranking of 16th out of 292 primary schools in North Yorkshire. In national terms, it sits in the top 6% of all primary schools, which is a genuinely strong performance for a community school of this size. The school’s previous Ofsted inspection, back in 2007, rated it Outstanding overall, so the current Good grade represents a change in rating rather than a decline in standards — the inspection framework itself has shifted significantly in the intervening years.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressElliot Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1PE
HeadteacherNeil Gunstone
Local AuthorityNorth Yorkshire
Number of Pupils216
Free School Meals (FSM)8.8%
School Capacity216 / 210 (103% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

7 Feb 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 28 Mar 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.