Overall Oxbridge
#239
2 ranked schools · +675 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
34
Offers
15
Offer rate44.1%
+21.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
The Norman keep of Skipton Castle anchors a compact High Street of stone-fronted shops and a medieval indoor market, with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal threading through the town centre below. Around 15,000 people call the civil parish home, at the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire. Threshfield marks the upland fringe.
Burnsall, set within the Dales valley to the north, is among the most sought-after rural addresses for school catchments in the area; Greatwood and Beamsley extend the residential hinterland. Rail services along the Airedale Line reach Leeds in under an hour.
Area Performance
Across 24 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.23/10, -0.18 vs England.
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Distribution across all Skipton schools
Skipton vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Skipton schools
top 57% of 14,978
top 57% of 14,978
top 31% of 3,680
top 31% of 3,680
top 23% of 2,376
top 23% of 2,376
Overall Oxbridge
2 ranked schools · +675 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
34
Offers
15
Oxford
2 ranked schools · +33 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
18
Offers
4
Cambridge
2 ranked schools · +613 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
16
Offers
11
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