Skipsea Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
8.013 miles
Published by East Riding of Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Skipsea Primary School is a primary school in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. East Riding of Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Skipsea Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 8.013 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 8.013 miles away, the 2nd longest of 33 East Riding of Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 10 places.
- Free school meal eligibility is 39.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire.
- There are 14 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 16.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other East Riding of Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hornsea Road, Skipsea, Driffield, YO25 8ST
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 71 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this welcoming school.”
- “From the early years to Year 6, staff get to know pupils well.”
- “This strong culture of care and respect helps pupils to feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, revised approaches to teaching are in their early stages.”
- “This, in part, contributes to some pupils lacking in confidence when communicating their learning using specific subject-related terminology.”
- “However, levels of persistent absence for some pupils are too high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
- Beeford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- North Frodingham Primary School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hornsea Community Primary School 5.0 mi Good
- Hornsea Burton Primary School 5.3 mi Good
- Brandesburton Primary School 5.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sigglesthorne Church of England Primary Academy 5.8 mi Standards maintained
- Burton Agnes Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hilderthorpe Primary School 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade