Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Skipton, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 June 2024. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2014 to 2026 entry.
Kirkby in Malhamdale United 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 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 8 first-choice applications for 9 offers; every first-choice family got a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 30% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 17.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.9 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
- Chapel Gate, Kirkby Malham, Skipton, BD23 4BY
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 55 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love attending Kirkby in Malhamdale Primary School.”
- “This is because they have strong friendships, are treated fairly by all staff and feel safe wherever they are in school.”
- “Consequently, pupils attend well.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, what pupils are intended to learn by the end of each academic year is not yet clearly mapped out.”
- “This means that, in these subjects, sometimes, pupils do not effectively build their knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 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) | 60% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 8 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.
- Hellifield Community Primary School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gargrave Church of England Primary School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Giggleswick Primary School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Threshfield Primary School 6.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 6.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published