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St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 148Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 142023URN

Gargrave Road, Skipton, BD23 1PJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.5 above North Yorkshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Yorkshire

46 applications for 15 places · 34th of 136 in North Yorkshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
50%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 9 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
3.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 above North Yorkshire median (2.5) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

46 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.1; North Yorkshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 3.5; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 3.4; North Yorkshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.1; North Yorkshire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.1; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.8; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.5; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.7; North Yorkshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.6; North Yorkshire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.4; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; North Yorkshire median median 1.5; as the previous school
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median

Dashed bars: as St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Skipton (URN 121640), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 202615463.1151.00
Sep 202514493.5141.00
Sep 202410343.4101.00
Sep 202310313.190.90
Sep 202216251.6130.81
Sep 202114302.1141.00
Sep 202015271.8140.93
Sep 201920321.6150.75
Sep 201818271.5160.89
Sep 201719331.7180.95
Sep 201610262.690.90
Sep 2015 *27371.4240.89
Sep 2014 *15302.0130.87

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 60% · Maths 55% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%170th of 232 in North Yorkshire
Reading
Expected standard80%
Higher standard40%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard60%
Greater depth20%
Maths
Expected standard55%
Higher standard20%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • North Yorkshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2550%10%105101
2023/2435%0%104102
2022/2345%3%103105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142023 · 815/2003
Trust
The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
218 pupils · 148 on roll
Free school meals
18.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 August 2015
Replaced
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Skipton (URN 121640)
Address
Gargrave Road, Skipton, BD23 1PJ
Local authority
North Yorkshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources