Christ Church Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Craven Street, Skipton, BD23 2AP – View on map
- Phone: 01756793030
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Diane Cooper
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 11 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 11 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 33
- % eligible for free school meals: 23.6%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 21% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.2% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Yorkshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 71% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 21 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 63rd of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =63Amotherby Community Primary School71%
- =63Carlton Miniott Primary Academy71%
- =63Christ Church Church of England Primary School71%
- =63Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School71%
- =63Hemingbrough Community Primary School71%
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214th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #212Amotherby Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #213Broomfield SchoolRequires improvement
- #214Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #215Friarage Community AcademyRequires improvement
- #216Hackness Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,759 (2024-25)
168th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #166Mill Hill Primary School£6,811
- #167Brompton Community Primary School£6,778
- #168Christ Church Church of England Primary School£6,759
- #169Hunmanby Primary School£6,751
- #170Greatwood Community Primary School£6,739
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