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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 4 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 5 June 2019Graded inspection: Outstanding
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry241 applications · 66 places offered · 65 named it first
- 2026 3.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2025 3.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2024 3.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
- 2023 3.9; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
- 2022 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2021 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2020 3.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2019 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2018 2.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- 2017 3.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
- 2016 2.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
- 2015 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
- 2014 2.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
- This school
- North Yorkshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 66 | 241 | 3.7 | 65 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 66 | 237 | 3.6 | 76 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 66 | 243 | 3.7 | 75 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 64 | 248 | 3.9 | 85 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2022 | 70 | 188 | 2.7 | 88 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2021 | 69 | 186 | 2.7 | 83 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 | 67 | 209 | 3.1 | 103 | 1.54 |
| Sep 2019 | 67 | 182 | 2.7 | 81 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2018 | 55 | 156 | 2.8 | 67 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2017 | 55 | 175 | 3.2 | 75 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2016 | 54 | 144 | 2.7 | 62 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2015 | 54 | 115 | 2.1 | 55 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 | 56 | 146 | 2.6 | 61 | 1.09 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 73 | 48.9 | 43% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 77 | 48.3 | 61% | 81% | – |
| 2023/24 | 69 | 45.6 | 36% | 65% | +0.60 |
| 2022/23 | 58 | 43.3 | 28% | 59% | +0.55 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Upper Wharfedale SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20243.7applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 12.0 km · North YorkshireGood20222.0applications per place 67.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 12.0 km · North YorkshireGood20221.8applications per place 64.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 12.2 km · North YorkshireGood20232.6applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 15.8 km · North Yorkshire20261.9applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 17.9 km · North YorkshireStandards maintained20241.6applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 19.2 km · North YorkshireGood20232.3applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 20.8 km · LancashireRequires improvement20241.6applications per place 35.0Attainment 8
- 21.1 km · BradfordGraded · no overall grade20242.9applications per place 56.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 121690 · 815/4206
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 350 pupils · 351 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Wharfeside Avenue, Threshfield, Skipton, BD23 5BS
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources