Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Skipton, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.564 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2014–2025 trend 🔒
Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Skipton, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England 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 | 4.564 mi |
| 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 4.564 miles away, the 6th longest of the 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 9 first-choice applications for 7 offers; 6 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (33%) were not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 2.3% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Yorkshire.
- There are 15.2 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 20.3 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
- Cracoe, Skipton, BD23 6LQ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 44 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love attending this school.”
- “Parents and pupils alike appreciate the warm and caring environment that exists in this ‘family-like’ school.”
- “Pupils behave well in and around school, showing kindness and respect to one another.”
To improve
- “However, pupils trust adults and prefer to speak directly with staff.”
- “However, some pupils who are at the early stages of reading do not read with fluency or confidence.”
- “They read books that do not match the sounds that they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 9 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 6 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.
- Threshfield Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Embsay Church of England Primary School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gargrave Church of England Primary School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published