Skipton Girls' High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Skipton, BD23 1QL
- Distance
- 12.0km away
Upper Wharfedale School
Wharfeside Avenue, Threshfield, Skipton, BD23 5BS
Local ranking8th of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 4 December 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 73
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 363
- Boys
- 183 (52%)
- Girls
- 168 (48%)
- Capacity
- 350 (100% full)
- SEND
- 15.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.8%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.3%
- SEN Support
- 9.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,348/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.8%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
86.9%
White British
2.8%
Asian Pakistani
1.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wharfeside Avenue
Skipton, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 121690
- UKPRN
- 10015962
- Establishment No.
- 4206
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