Hellifield Community Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Skipton · BD23 4HA · North Yorkshire
Ages 4–11
- KS240%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM13.0%
- Demand1.00
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 121631
Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Skipton · BD23 4PN
Ages 3–11 · 53 pupils · North Yorkshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
83%
Overall absence
4.9%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-02-13
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)83%
Higher standard (RWM)17%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.6%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 43
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
5
Places offered
5
1st-preference offers
5
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 16
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 5
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill63%
53 pupils · 84 places
- Pupils on roll
- 53
- Boys / girls
- 20 / 33
- School capacity
- 84
- Capacity fill
- 53 / 84 (63%)
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
- FSM pupils
- 6
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (ce)
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Federation
- The Ribblesdale Federation
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Maddocks
Location
- Address
- School Lane, Long Preston
- Postcode
- BD23 4PN
- Town
- Skipton
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Skipton, North Yorkshire, 53 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 12.8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (ce).
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Maddocks
- Telephone
- 01729840377