England · Grammar school
Skipton Girls' High School
Skipton · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136664)
Overview
- Address
- Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1QL
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 862
- Capacity
- 744
- Eligible for free school meals
- 8.2%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- NORTHERN STAR ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area6% of Year 7 places offered in North Yorkshire for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- Not yet available
- Children from outside the catchment
- Not yet available
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 245 applicants named this school (180 as their first choice) for 120 places. 51 of 120 offers went to children living outside North Yorkshire.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside North Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 120 | 245 | 180 | 1.5 | 51 |
| Sept 2025 | 119 | 238 | 173 | 1.5 | 74 |
| Sept 2024 | 98 | 200 | 119 | 1.2 | 52 |
| Sept 2023 | 144 | 242 | 178 | 1.2 | 85 |
| Sept 2022 | 116 | 215 | 152 | 1.3 | 57 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside North Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 116 | 210 | 149 | 1.3 | 57 |
| Sept 2020 | 116 | 192 | 154 | 1.3 | 57 |
| Sept 2019 | 115 | 214 | 171 | 1.5 | 47 |
| Sept 2018 | 144 | 204 | 144 | 1.0 | 83 |
| Sept 2017 | 137 | 203 | 152 | 1.1 | 57 |
| Sept 2016 | 116 | 190 | 146 | 1.3 | 57 |
| Sept 2015 | 114 | 152 | 125 | 1.1 | 51 |
| Sept 2014 | 110 | 165 | 129 | 1.2 | 53 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside North Yorkshire" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 April 2011
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 21 September 2022: overall Good. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Inspection history (2)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 67.5 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 86.7% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 28.3% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 97.3% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 66.9 (2023/24) → 69.7 (2024/25) → 67.5 (2025/26).
113 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- BD23 1QL
- Map location
- 53.9638, -2.02734
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01756707600
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.sghs.org.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136664) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026