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Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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location_onSkipton, BD23 2AP

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2019

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Students

145

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Expected Standard

55%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a Voluntary controlled school primary school in Skipton, serving ages 4-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 65% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a voluntary controlled school in Skipton, North Yorkshire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 145 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 18% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #52 of 249 primaries in North Yorkshire and #5,695 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 10.3%.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

55%

LA 59%England 61%

Reading77% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing91% LA 71% · Eng 72%

Maths59% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 57%England 60%

Reading78% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing78% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths72% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.5

Read

LA 0.0

-0.4 to 5.4

1.0

Write

LA 0.0

-1.8 to 3.8

-0.6

Maths

LA -0.8

-3.3 to 2.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

65%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading85% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing75% LA 78% · Eng 78%

Maths85% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

111

Progress (0 = national avg)

3.2

Read

LA -0.3

0.5 to 5.9

-2.4

Write

LA -0.2

-4.9 to 0.1

2.0

Maths

LA -1.0

-0.4 to 4.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

54%

LA 61%

Reading63% LA 75%

Writing79% LA 77%

Maths54% LA 71%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-2.2

Read

LA -0.4

-4.6 to 0.2

-0.6

Write

LA 0.0

-2.9 to 1.7

-4.1

Maths

LA -1.2

-6.3 to -1.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2019-12-04

Exempt School Inspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2011-03-10

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2007-10-10

None Legacy

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Good

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Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2023

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 144 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.7%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2022/23 (Summer term)	144	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	145	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	143	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	144	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	146	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	149	0	0.0%	0.5%	1
2020/21 (Summer term)	146	1	0.7%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	147	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	146	1	0.7%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	150	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	150	1	0.7%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	150	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	148	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	151	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	150	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	156	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	158	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	158	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	153	1	0.7%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	155	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	156	2	1.3%	0.5%	0