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Skipton Girls' High School

Gargrave Road, North Yorkshire, BD23 1QL

Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 21 September 2022). Last inspected 21 September 2022.

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855
Pupils
6.6%
Free school meals
1 April 2011
Opened

About this school

Skipton Girls' High School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire. The school has 855 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 21 September 2022). Last inspected 21 September 2022. The Headteacher is Martha Featherstone. The school is administered by North Yorkshire local authority. It belongs to NORTHERN STAR ACADEMIES TRUST. The school has girls-only admissions. It opened in 1 April 2011.

School details

Headteacher
Martha Featherstone
Trust
NORTHERN STAR ACADEMIES TRUST
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Gender
Girls
URN
136664

Admissions

Applications for places at Skipton Girls' High School are handled by the school or the local authority (North Yorkshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

69.7
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.45
Progress 8 · 2023-24
90%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
99%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
6.57
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
95%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
  • Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
  • Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
  • Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
  • EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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