South Craven School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Keighley, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.640 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
South Craven School is a secondary school in Keighley, North Yorkshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
South Craven 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 | 6.640 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 5 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 6.640 miles away, the 8th longest of 16 North Yorkshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 301 first-choice applications for 266 offers; 262 offers went to first-choice families, and 39 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 383 of the 599 applications (64%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 147 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the A level average grade was C+ (England B-).
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
- Holme Lane, Cross Hills, Keighley, BD20 7RL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,936 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from attending a welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “The school motto, ‘valuing all our successes’, captures how leaders appreciate the individual achievements of each pupil.”
- “Teachers know their pupils well and the relationships between staff and pupils are very positive.”
To improve
- “Leaders’ curriculum thinking in some subjects, such as history and science, is less well developed.”
- “In these subjects, the most important knowledge and skills that pupils need to learn and connect is not thoroughly considered.”
- “This means that some pupils do not deepen their knowledge as effectively as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 2023 (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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 301 first-preference applications, 266 offers in total, 262 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.
- Ermysted's Grammar School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Skipton Girls' High School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Skipton Academy 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Upper Wharfedale School 11.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Nidderdale High School 15.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Settle College 16.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rossett School 18.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harrogate Grammar School 18.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published