Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Skipton, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.622 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School is a primary school in Skipton, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Skipton, Water Street 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 | 0.622 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2011 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception last distance in 2026 was 0.622 miles, the 7th shortest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle was 2.61 miles.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception in 2026 there were 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 8.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 16.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
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
- Elliot Street, Skipton, BD23 1PE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 February 2023
Strengths
- “Water Street Community Primary School is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “It is at the heart of the local community.”
- “Leaders and staff have high expectations for pupils’ achievement and behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, there is some inconsistency in how these plans are taught across school.”
- “Subject leaders do not always make clear to teachers how they are expected to teach the curriculum.”
- “However, for those pupils who need more practice with phonics, the reading books are not matched closely enough to their phonic knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 March 2023 (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) | 61% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Greatwood Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Embsay Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bradleys Both Community Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cononley Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published