Best Primary Schools in Skipton

We checked all 18 primary schools in Skipton, North Yorkshire, and list every one: 13 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
18
Ranked
13
Without a rank
5

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Skipton. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire also has rankings for Harrogate, Scarborough, Selby, Northallerton, Whitby and all of North Yorkshire.

Ranked primary schools in Skipton

  1. 1

    Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 55 pupils, inspected February 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    30%

  2. 2

    Greatwood Community Primary School

    Academy, 208 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    10%

  3. 3

    Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 215 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    16%

  4. 4

    Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 221 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    14%

  5. 5

    Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 47 pupils, inspected November 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    86%
    Higher standard
    0%

  6. 6

    Christ Church Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 140 pupils, inspected December 2019

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    10%

  7. 7

    Threshfield Primary School

    Academy, 115 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    0%

  8. 8

    The Boyle and Petyt Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 79 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    0%

  9. 9

    Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 56 pupils, inspected July 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    0%

  10. 10

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

    Academy, 148 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    10%

  11. 11

    Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School

    Academy, 120 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    41%
    Higher standard
    9%

  12. 12

    Hellifield Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 77 pupils, inspected September 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

  13. 13

    Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 53 pupils, inspected October 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    25%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Skipton without a rank