The Skipton Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Skipton, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
7.938 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Skipton Academy is a secondary school in Skipton, North Yorkshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2012 to 2026 entry.
The Skipton Academy 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 | 7.938 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 7.938 miles away, nearer than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- Year 7 2026 drew 150 first-choice applications for 156 offers; 143 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 401 Year 7 applications in 2026, 184 (46%) came from families living outside North Yorkshire, and 47 offers went to them.
- 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), lowest 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 1UQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 736 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “The Skipton Academy has improved significantly over the last few years.”
- “Leaders have raised ambitions for what pupils can achieve.”
- “Pupils, including those with additional needs, are now making strong progress in most subjects.”
To improve
- “However, older pupils in school have studied a combination of ‘old’ (less rigorous) and ‘new’ (more rigorous) curriculums in some subjects.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their learning from previous years.”
- “These gaps are not always recognised and addressed by teachers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 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) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.6 | 46 |
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: 150 first-preference applications, 156 offers in total, 143 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 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ermysted's Grammar School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- South Craven School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Upper Wharfedale School 7.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Settle College 12.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Nidderdale High School 13.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rossett School 19.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harrogate Grammar School 20.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published