Skipton Girls' High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Skipton, BD23 1QL
- Distance
- 0.6km away
The Skipton Academy
Gargrave Road, Skipton, BD23 1UQ
Local ranking32nd of 41 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
835
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 25 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 126
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 21.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 658
- Boys
- 361 (49%)
- Girls
- 375 (51%)
- Capacity
- 835 (88% full)
- SEND
- 33.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.3%
- EAL
- 8.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.2%
- SEN Support
- 26.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,509/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
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 84.3%
- White Other: 4.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.3%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
84.3%
White British
4.4%
White Other
4.3%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Gargrave Road
Skipton, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 141179
- UKPRN
- 10046890
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- MOORLANDS LEARNING TRUST
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Ofsted: Outstanding
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