Skipton Girls' High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Unique reference
136664
Address
Gargrave Road, BD23 1QL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
884 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
9.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.1%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.1%
Pakistani 21.7%
Indian 4.8%
Mixed 3%
Other White 2.1%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Other Asian 1.1%
Chinese 1.1%
Other 0.6%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.62
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 96%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 90%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 68.7
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.46
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE35
BiologyGCSE97
Business Studies:SingleGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE97
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Applied EngineeringGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE112
English LiteratureGCSE112
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE10
FrenchGCSE54
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Skipton Girls' High School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
98
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
119
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
128
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
97
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
52
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
145
0
145
Year 8
144
0
144
Year 9
116
0
116
Year 10
115
0
115
Year 11
112
0
112
Year 12
121
0
121
Year 13
131
0
131
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
83.8%
85.6%
Further education
11.0%
33.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
86.0%
37.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
12.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
5.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
66.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
56.0%
31.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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