Greatwood Community Primary School

Greatwood Community Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. This is the school's first routine inspection since becoming an academy, following a period of exemption from inspections. The school demonstrates a commitment to high-quality education, with a well-structured curriculum and a strong focus on pupil well-being and support, particularly for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils report feeling cared for and supported, contributing to their high attendance and positive attitudes toward learning.

Strengths

• High levels of pupil attendance
• Strong pastoral support for pupils and families
• Broad and ambitious curriculum
• Effective mathematics curriculum development
• Commitment to reading with a secure phonics programme
• Well-managed behaviour and a calm school environment
• Strong extra-curricular offerings that develop personal skills

Areas for Improvement

• Key stage 1 pupil performance is below national peers
• Support for weaker readers is not effective enough
• Curriculum in some subjects, like art and design, needs further development

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Greatwood Community Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Greatwood Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Greatwood Community Primary School had 25.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.1% of pupils at Greatwood Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Greatwood Community Primary School received £7,390 and spent £7,287 for each of its 199 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £163,000 (-£821 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Northern Star Academies Trust, income was £7,474 and spending £7,332 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Skipton · North Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

Greatwood Community Primary School is part of Northern Star Academies Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Skipton Girls' High School Skipton
• Victoria Primary School Keighley
• Eastwood Community School Keighley
• Holycroft Primary School Keighley
• Parkwood Primary School Keighley
• Denholme Primary School Bradford
• Byron Primary School Bradford
• Lapage Primary School and Nursery Bradford
• Meadow Bank Community School Bradford
• New Park Primary Academy Harrogate

What is Greatwood Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greatwood Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Greatwood Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greatwood Community Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Greatwood Community Primary School have?

Greatwood Community Primary School has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greatwood Community Primary School cover?

Greatwood Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Greatwood Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greatwood Community Primary School?

Greatwood Community Primary School is at Pinhaw Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2SJ.