Ermysted's Grammar School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Skipton, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
9.217 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ermysted's Grammar School is a secondary school in Skipton, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2022. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2011 to 2026 entry.
Ermysted's Grammar 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 9.217 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 9.217 miles away, 5th longest of 16 North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 181 first-choice applications for 127 offers; 126 offers went to first-choice families and 55 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026, 141 of the 228 Year 7 applications (62%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 69 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 87% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Gargrave Road, Skipton, BD23 1PL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 836 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 September 2022
Strengths
- “Ermysted’s Grammar School is a busy, happy school.”
- “There are many aspects of outstanding professional practice worthy of sharing with others.”
- “Exceptional leaders continually strive to develop and further evolve the school for the benefit of pupils.”
To improve
- “At times, in the lower school, teachers move learning on too quickly.”
- “Teachers do not check that essential new knowledge is secure for all pupils before moving on.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils falter or repeat errors.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 87% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 67.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 181 first-preference applications, 127 offers in total, 126 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Yorkshire.
- Skipton Girls' High School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Skipton Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- South Craven School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Upper Wharfedale School 7.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Settle College 13.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Nidderdale High School 13.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rossett School 19.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harrogate Grammar School 19.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published