Greatwood Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Skipton, North Yorkshire·BD23 2SJ
Composite score
61.7
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#3,459
National rank
#330
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#52
In North Yorkshire
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
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1 per place
1.1320221.0020231.0720240.8620250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Greatwood Community 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
201
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,739
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Greatwood Community Primary School is a primary school serving Skipton, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 201 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Greatwood Community Primary School 'Good'. 77% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Greatwood Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 24.9 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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