Cononley Community Primary School
Meadow Lane, Cononley, Keighley, BD20 8NA
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Cononley Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Pickles
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 151
- Pupils on roll
- 141
- URN
- 121387
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Cononley Community Primary School was a community primary school in Keighley. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 141 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Cononley Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 52% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 78% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 57% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 65% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 104.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cononley Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 150 |
| 2023/24 | 141 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cononley Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 77% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 4.6% | 7.8% | 141 | — |
| Cononley Primary School | — | 4.9% | 7.3% | 127 | 0.0 miles |
| Bradleys Both Community Primary School | 82% | 3.1% | 9% | 124 | 1.2 miles |
| Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 50% | 4.5% | 6.5% | 141 | 1.5 miles |
| Glusburn Community Primary School | 54% | 4.2% | 14.6% | 381 | 1.6 miles |
| Sutton CofE Primary and Nursery School | 56% | 5.3% | 20.9% | 105 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.8%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 4.6%
- Persistent absence
- 9.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cononley Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Bradleys Both Community Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Kildwick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Glusburn Community Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Keighley
-
Sutton CofE Primary and Nursery School1.9 miles
Primary · Keighley
Other schools in Keighley
- Beckfoot Nessfield Primary
- Bradleys Both Community Primary School Primary
- Cononley Primary School Primary
- Cowling Community Primary School Primary
- East Morton CofE Primary School Primary
- Eastburn Primary School Primary
- Eastwood Community School Primary
- Glusburn Community Primary School Primary
- Haworth Primary School Primary
- Holycroft Primary School Primary
- Ingrow Primary School Primary
- Keighley St Andrew's CofE Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cononley Community Primary School teach?
- Cononley Community Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Keighley.
- Has Cononley Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cononley Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Cononley Community Primary School?
- Cononley Community Primary School had 141 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Cononley Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Cononley Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cononley Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2024.