Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Skipton, North Yorkshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
Burnsall Voluntary Aided 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 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026 there were 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school had 47 pupils on roll in January 2026, with 18.8 pupils per teacher against 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
- Burnsall, Skipton, BD23 6BP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 47 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils happily come to school, secure in the knowledge that they will enjoy their day and that friendly staff will look after them.”
- “Pupils and staff value the sense of family that there is in school.”
- “Parents agree and value the support the school gives them and their child.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, some important knowledge and skills are not regularly revisited.”
- “As a result, pupils struggle to recall what they have been taught before.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 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) | 86% | 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, 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 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Threshfield Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Embsay Church of England Primary School 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Boyle and Petyt Primary School 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School 6.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School 6.7 mi Good Last distance published