St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Skipton, North Yorkshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.705 miles
Published by North Yorkshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2011–2025 trend 🔒
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Skipton, North Yorkshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). North Yorkshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2026 entry.
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.705 mi |
| 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.705 miles away, 15th shortest of 50 North Yorkshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.61 miles).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 7 of the 8 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers; 14 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (7%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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 1PJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Yorkshire
- Pupils on roll
- 148 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Leaders recognise this and are taking steps to secure improvement.”
- “In some areas, such as behaviour, their actions are making a noticeable difference.”
- “The school is a calm, nurturing environment in which to learn.”
To improve
- “Since the last inspection, some aspects of the school's work have declined.”
- “In others, it is too soon to determine whether actions are yet having the desired impact.”
- “Many pupils enjoy coming to school, but a significant minority do not attend regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 50% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 14 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.
- Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Greatwood Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Embsay Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bradleys Both Community Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cononley Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published