St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy

St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Skipton, North Yorkshire, St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 153 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in February 2026. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 15.0 percentage points year on 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 105 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 93% of the families who made St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.71 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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.