St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy
General Information
- Address: Gargrave Road, Skipton, BD23 1PJ – View on map
- Phone: 01756709451
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jo Sykes
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 15 families put it first for 15 places – 10 for every 10 places. 93% 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 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 25
- % eligible for free school meals: 18.2%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 48% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26.3% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 62% moved to another school, 38% 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: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card February 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
- Achievement Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Needs attention
- Leadership and governance Needs attention
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 43% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 43%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 60% · Maths 55% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 101
- Based on: 20 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 170th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =170Ravensworth Church of England Primary School50%
- =170Settrington All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School50%
- =170St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy50%
- =170West Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School50%
- =183Bentham Community Primary School48%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,543 (2024-25)
185th of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #183Sherburn in Elmet, Athelstan Community Primary School£6,587
- #184Knayton Church of England Academy£6,552
- #185St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy£6,543
- #186Settle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,535
- #187Willow Tree Community Primary School£6,533
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