Threshfield School
Low Road, Threshfield, Skipton, BD23 5NP
This school is closed (it closed in May 2024).
It was replaced by Threshfield Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Miss Sarah Harper
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 99
- URN
- 121594
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Threshfield School was a voluntary controlled primary school in Skipton. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 99 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Threshfield School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 92% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 92% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.90 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - |
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 Threshfield 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 | 83% | 56.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 58.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 99 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Threshfield School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 92% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.9% | 8% | 99 | — |
| Threshfield Primary School | 73% | 2.9% | 7.8% | 115 | 0.0 miles |
| Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 71% | 4.2% | 15.8% | 56 | 0.4 miles |
| Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary School | 86% | 7.5% | 11.6% | 47 | 2.5 miles |
| Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School | — | 4% | 2.3% | 44 | 2.7 miles |
| Embsay Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | — | 6.0 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)
- 8%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.9%
- Persistent absence
- 6.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Threshfield Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Skipton
-
Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Skipton
-
Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Skipton
- 2.7 miles
-
Embsay Church of England Primary School6.0 miles
Primary · Skipton
Other schools in Skipton
- Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Carleton Endowed CofE Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School Primary
- Embsay Church of England Primary School Primary
- Gargrave Church of England Primary School Primary
- Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Greatwood Community Primary School Primary
- Hellifield Community Primary School Primary
- Kettlewell Primary School Primary
- Kirkby in Malhamdale United Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Long Preston Endowed Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Threshfield School teach?
- Threshfield School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Skipton.
- Has Threshfield School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Threshfield 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 many pupils are at Threshfield School?
- Threshfield School had 99 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Threshfield School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Threshfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Threshfield 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 9 July 2024.