Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School
Elliot Street, Skipton, BD23 1PE
215 pupils · 102% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Free school meals
- 8.4%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 7 February 2023, published 28 March 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 61% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 16% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.2 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 36 | 104 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 37 | 97 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 36 | 113 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 27 | 28 | 115 | 27 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 56 | 100 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 29 | 41 | 91 | 29 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 47 | 101 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 31 | 51 | 110 | 31 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy 0.1 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School 0.6 km · Requires improvement (2019) · previous system
- Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Greatwood Community Primary School 1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School 2.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Embsay Church of England Primary School 2.8 km · Good (2020) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.