Kettlewell 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
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Kettlewell Primary School is a primary school in Skipton, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Kettlewell 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 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as happened at 211 of the 285 other North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 7 places.
- With 31 pupils on roll in January 2026, the school has 17.2 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire is 18.8.
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
- Kettlewell, Skipton, BD23 5HX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 31 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love to learn at Kettlewell Primary School.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for pupils’ achievement.”
- “They plan an ambitious curriculum enabling every child, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to thrive.”
To improve
- “However, this is not as consistent in key stage 2.”
- “Consequently, pupils who are ready to tackle more complex work do not receive the challenge that they need to deepen their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 3 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.
- Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 6.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Threshfield Primary School 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School 8.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School 8.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary School 8.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 10.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery School 11.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Giggleswick Primary School 11.1 mi Good Last distance published