Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Elliot Street, Skipton, BD23 1PE – View on map
- Phone: 01756793026
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Neil Gunstone
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 36 families put it first for 30 places – 12 for every 10 places. 81% 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 10 · 2024 12 · 2025 12 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 18
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.4%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.6% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 21% moved to another school, 79% 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: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 16% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 76% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 76%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 81% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 107
- Based on: 31 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 119th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =119Cayton Community Primary School61%
- =119Moorside Primary School & Nursery61%
- =119Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School61%
- =119Whitley and Eggborough Community Primary School61%
- =119Willow Tree Community Primary School61%
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162nd of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #160Sinnington Community Primary SchoolGood
- #161Skipton Parish Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #162Skipton, Water Street Community Primary SchoolGood
- #163Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #164Slingsby Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,127 (2024-25)
212th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #210Stakesby Primary Academy£6,192
- #211East Ayton Community Primary School£6,190
- #212Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School£6,127
- #213Meadowside Academy£6,127
- #214Carlton Primary School£6,111
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