Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 6pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Ermysted's Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 64.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.2 in North Yorkshire and 47 across England.

84% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in North Yorkshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 67.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.59: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 50.5, against 66.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

Ermysted's Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 181 families put Ermysted's Grammar School as their first choice and 228 named it as one of their preferences, for 127 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 55 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Ermysted's Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Ermysted's Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check North Yorkshire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

North Yorkshire has 3 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Ermysted's Grammar School are Skipton Girls' High School (0.2 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 67.5); The Skipton Academy (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.9); and South Craven School (4.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.7).

Ermysted's Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Of the 120 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 8% to a further education college and 3% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 113 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 61% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 48% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (65%) and Asian (26%).

In 2026, 61 pupils (7.3%) received SEN support and 3 (0.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Skipton Rail Station, about 550 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Raikeswood (se-bound), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 113 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Yorkshire (9), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Ermysted's Grammar School issued 27 suspensions, 3.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Ermysted's Grammar School are St Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy (0.1 miles); Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School (0.2 miles); Christ Church Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles); and Skipton Parish Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.