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South Craven School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,936Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136736URN

Holme Lane, Cross Hills, Keighley, BD20 7RL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.4 above North Yorkshire median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North YorkshireSelective

599 applications for 266 places · 11th of 39 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.7of 90
23rd of 41 in North Yorkshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 2 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above North Yorkshire median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

599 applications · 266 places offered · 301 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.3; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 2.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 2.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  9. 2018 2.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.2; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  12. 2015 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.3
  13. 2014 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the North Yorkshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262665992.33011.13
Sep 20252675652.12861.07
Sep 20242876172.23251.13
Sep 20232766342.33321.20
Sep 20222656042.33321.25
Sep 20212676512.43521.32
Sep 20202676832.63351.25
Sep 20192686752.53411.27
Sep 20182665922.22711.02
Sep 20172646332.43341.27
Sep 20162665762.23001.13
Sep 20152645442.12921.11
Sep 20142675422.03021.13

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

288 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.723rd of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%25th of 41 in North Yorkshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.20
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)28846.741%65%–
2024/2529547.541%68%–
2023/2429646.541%65%+0.20
2022/2327343.034%60%−0.21

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136736 · 815/4210
Trust
Apex Collaborative Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,769 pupils · 1,936 on roll
Free school meals
18.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 May 2011
Replaced
South Craven School, the Technology and Engineering College (URN 121692)
Address
Holme Lane, Cross Hills, Keighley, BD20 7RL
Local authority
North Yorkshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources