To download a copy of our admissions policy, click here.
To download a copy map of the school's catchment area as referenced in the policy, click here.
This admissions policy covers applications for places at the school for September 2009.

Admission in Years 7 to 11

Skipton Girls' High School is a selective school, so girls who wish to join the school in Year 7 sit a selection test. Although we are responsible for our own admissions as a foundation school, these are organised and administered by North Yorkshire LA, and further information can be obtained from the school or from the Craven District Education Office:

Craven Education Office
Water Street
Skipton
BD23 1PD

Telephone: 0845 0349466

If more girls are successful in the test than can be offered places at the school other criteria including home school distance are taken into account.

All applications for places in years 7-11 must be made using the Common Application Form. This can be obtained from your local authority.

We hold an Open Evening for girls at the end of Year 5 and their parents each year, but prospective pupils are also most welcome to visit the school during the school day. A prospectus is available from the school, and we are more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
Girls can also apply for admission into other years; again please contact the school for advice.


Application timetable for admission into Year 7 in September 2009
  • 24th June 2008 at Ermystead's Grammar School - Selection information evening.
  • 10th July 2008 at Skipton Girls' High School - Open evening for Year 5 girls and parents.
  • 22nd August 2008 - Closing date for applications for selection testing for out of catchment area girls, and for withdrawal from testing for in catchment area girls.
  • 9th September 2008 - Familiarisation selection test.
  • 12th September 2008 - First selection test.
  • 16th September 2008 - Second selection test.
  • 17th October 2008 - Results of selection tests posted to parents.
  • 24th October 2008 - Closing date for return of Common Application Forms for North Yorkshire. This date will be slightly different for girls living in other Local Authorities - please contact your own Local Authority for details.
  • 2nd March 2009 - Allocation letters sent out to parents informing them of which school their daughter has been allocated.

Admission into the Sixth Form

To download a copy of our Sixth Form handbook, click here (1.0MB).
To download a copy of our Sixth Form preliminary application form, click here.
These documents are for entry in September 2008.

Every year we welcome a significant number of students into our Sixth Form from other schools. A Sixth Form Prospectus and Application Form can be obtained from the school (or from your own school's Careers Library); the normal date for applications to be received by the school is around the end of January, but applications can still be made after this time.

There is no selection test for entrance to the Sixth Form; we admit students on the basis of their GCSE grades and a reference from their current school. We would expect an absolute minimum of 5 GCSE grades at C or above, with B grades in the relevant subject required for most of our A Level courses.

We hold a Sixth Form Open Evening each year, but you are most welcome to visit the school or ask questions at any time.