Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Cracoe, Skipton, BD23 6LQ – View on map
- Phone: 01756730259
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Claire Greenwood Miss Wendy Thompson
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 7 places – 13 for every 10 places. 67% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 1
- % eligible for free school meals: 2.3%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 23.6% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, 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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 2.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
SATs results for this school weren't published for 2024/25 - the Department for Education withholds them when a year group is too small to report without identifying pupils.
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49th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #47Cononley Primary SchoolGood
- #48Cowling Community Primary SchoolGood
- #49Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #50Crakehall Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #51Crayke Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,536 (2024-25)
28th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #26Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary School£12,027
- #27Sicklinghall Community Primary School£11,572
- #28Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School£11,536
- #29Linton-on-Ouse Primary School£11,442
- #30Ravensworth Church of England Primary School£11,104
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