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Skipton Girls' High School

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Ofsted Good · inspected Sep 2022 Top school 2024/25

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 110 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 4%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 3%3%2016/17: top 2%2% · 2016/172017/18: top 4%2018/19: top 4%2021/22: top 4%2022/23: top 4%2023/24: top 4%2024/25: top 4%No exams

A-level results

#31 of 140 Yorkshire and The Humber sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 869.7 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.310/10 Top 10%
Grade 5+ English and maths89.6% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%10/10 Top 10%
EBacc point score6.57 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.9310/10 Top 10%
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.45 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.079/10 Top 20%−7.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry37.86 · Yorkshire and The Humber 34.129/10 Top 20%−7.6 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 70 · 113 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 72.6 · 111 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 67.9 · 112 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 71.2 · 115 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 70.4 · 142 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 68.7 · 139 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 66.9 · 112 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 69.7 · 115 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.372.666.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 95% · 111 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 89% · 112 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 90% · 115 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 94% · 142 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 90% · 139 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 89.3% · 112 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 89.6% · 115 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%95%89%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 36.44 · 120 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.532016/17: 39.57 · 117 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.872017/18: 39.23 · 120 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 30.322018/19: 40.89 · 124 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 31.282021/22: 42.54 · 113 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 36.212022/23: 39.37 · 128 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.532023/24: 37.99 · 129 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 32.482024/25: 37.86 · 119 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 34.1242.5436.44No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in66.1%
119 of 180 who put it first2014 · 83.7%2026 · 66.1%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st180119
2nd220
3rd251

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026862
Free school meals (past 6 years)7.1%
First language not English11.9%
SEN support9.7%
EHC plan0.1%
Absence (sessions missed)6.0%
Persistently absent pupils15.9%

Girls 100%Boys 0%

115.9% full · 744 places · 222 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.2
Pupils per adult14.9
  • Classroom teachers 39.6
  • Leadership 7.7
  • Teaching assistants 4.6
  • Other support 23.9

Teachers 47.3 FTE · Whole workforce 75.8 · 101 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,375
Spend per pupil£6,959
Staff spend per pupil£5,205
Reserve per pupil£1,487
  • +£1,271,000revenue reserve
  • +£356,000in-year balance

Grants £6,920 · self-generated £488 · premises £358 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: NORTHERN STAR ACADEMIES TRUST (15 academies) · trust reserve £2,350,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

112 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained97.3%
  • Education97.3%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained0.9%
  • Unknown1.8%

After sixth form (16–18)

129 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93%
  • Education72.9%
  • Higher education69%
  • Apprenticeship2.3%
  • Employment17.8%
  • Not sustained3.9%
  • Unknown3.1%