Hellifield Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Skipton, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Hellifield Community Primary School is a primary school in Skipton, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Hellifield Community 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 3 first-choice applications for 4 offers: 0.8 first choices per offer, the 7th lowest of 278 North Yorkshire primary schools.
- It had 77 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 30.8 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire is 15.2.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Yorkshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Kendal Road, Hellifield, Skipton, BD23 4HA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 77 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this welcoming school.”
- “They feel part of a close school family and are proud to wear the Hellifield uniform.”
- “Staff know each pupil very well.”
To improve
- “However, older pupils do not get sufficient opportunities to practise writing across the curriculum.”
- “Outcomes in writing at the end of Key Stage 2 are not as strong as in other subjects.”
- “However, pupils do not have secure knowledge of the faiths and cultures that make up modern Britain.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 October 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 3 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 North Yorkshire.
- Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Gargrave Church of England Primary School 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Giggleswick Primary School 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornton in Craven Community Primary School 6.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School 7.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School 8.7 mi Not judged Last distance published