Living in Skipton with children
Skipton, North Yorkshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 15,050 people in 7,133 households; 22.8% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
23 schools: 17 state primary, 4 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 1 privateSkipton on the schools map →Every school in Skipton, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (17)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary School | School remains Good | Top 8% (18/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Greatwood Community Primary School | Good | Top 18% (44/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Threshfield Primary School | Good | Top 25% (61/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | Requires improvement | Top 29% (71/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | School remains Good | Top 31% (74/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 33% (80/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| The Boyle and Petyt Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 39% (94/245) in North Yorkshire | 5.557 miles (2026) |
| Gargrave Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 45% (110/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School | Good | (124/245) in North Yorkshire | 0.622 miles (2026) |
| Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School | School remains Good | (129/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy | Ofsted report card | (180/245) in North Yorkshire | 1.705 miles (2026) |
| Hellifield Community Primary School | Good | (184/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Embsay Church of England Primary School | Good | (200/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School | Requires improvement | (210/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School | School remains Good | (241/245) in North Yorkshire | — |
| Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | — | 4.564 miles (2026) |
| Kettlewell Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skipton Girls' High School | Good | Top 6% (2/38) in North Yorkshire | 10.028 miles (2026) |
| Ermysted's Grammar School | Good | Top 8% (3/38) in North Yorkshire | 9.217 miles (2026) |
| Upper Wharfedale School | Standards maintained | Top 43% (16/38) in North Yorkshire | 9.48 miles (2026) |
| The Skipton Academy | Good | (28/38) in North Yorkshire | 7.938 miles (2026) |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craven College | Ofsted report card | — | — |
Private schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wharfedale Montessori School | — | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (41 detached, 65 semi-detached, 134 terraced, 24 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Skipton. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Skipton →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 68% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 89%, on average across the 1,291 postcodes in BD23. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 1 strong or better in every area; 6 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 9 in North Yorkshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, North Yorkshire
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: North Yorkshire.
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