Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Skipton, North Yorkshire·BD23 5LB
Composite score
46.2
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#8,720
National rank
#881
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#126
In North Yorkshire
Top 59%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 9 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
28
any preference, for 9 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
57
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,065
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School at a glance

Located in Skipton, North Yorkshire, Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 57 pupils aged 3 to 11. 71% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 21.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 9 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 16.6 pupils per teacher. Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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