Community school · Primary
Skipton · BD23 1PE · North Yorkshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 142023
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led · Skipton · BD23 1PJ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
148
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 3–11, in Skipton, North Yorkshire, 148 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 18.2%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Leeds (rc).
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 142023
Location
- Address
- Gargrave Road
- Postcode
- BD23 1PJ
- Town
- Skipton
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 148
- Boys / girls
- 75 / 73
- School capacity
- 218
- Capacity fill
- 148 / 218 (68%)
- Free school meals
- 18.2%
- FSM pupils
- 25
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Religious ethos
- Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leeds (rc)
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BISHOP WHEELER CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BISHOP WHEELER CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Sykes
- Telephone
- 01756709451
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-02-10
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 45%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 3%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0