Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School
Primary schoolSkipton, Water Street Community Primary School is a primary school in North Yorkshire, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 215 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), February 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 February 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 61% of pupils at Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in North Yorkshire and 62% in England.
16% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 16% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)130 m
- Ermysted's Grammar SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 64.3 (2025/26, provisional)300 m
- Otley Street Community Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, November 2024460 m
- Skipton Girls' High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 67.5 (2025/26, provisional)560 m
- Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), December 2019, before the school changed. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Skipton Parish Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North Yorkshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).