Welcome to Christ Church C.E Primary School, Skipton - An 'Outstanding School' (Ofsted 2011) where we are 'Learning for Life'. We hope you enjoy your visit to our website. You are always welcome to call school, email me at headteacher@christchurch.n-yorks.sch.uk or leave us a message on our guestbook (there may be a delay in these appearing as under our e-safety policy, they are moderated and checked before being posted.)

School Awards and Achievements

We are proud to be graded as an OUTSTANDING school by both Ofsted and SIAS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican Schools). You can read the reports by clicking on the documents tab.

We hold the Inclusion Quality Mark at Level 5 (the highest possible). This recognises our work with pupils who have additional needs as well as our commitment to creating and sustaining an inclusive learning environment for all our pupils.

We are proud to hold ArtsMark Silver and are currently

Going for Gold!

Artsmark aims to:
encourage schools to increase the range, quantity and type of arts that are provided to children
raise the profile of arts education

Artsmark also:
encourages, promotes and spreads good practice in providing arts education
encourages schools to evaluate how their arts curriculum is delivered
encourages schools, artists and arts organisations to work together
encourages continuing professional development for teachers

It can be achieved at Bronze, Silver or over time at Gold level. We're currently 'Going for Gold....'

Activemark

We are pleased to report that we achieved Activemark again in 2008 (there was no award in 2009).

It is awarded for high Quality PE within school together with developing opportunities and activities in Curriculum and Extra-Curricular time.

To achieve Activemark we:

Increased the percentage of pupils participating in at least two hours high quality PE and school sport.
We hold an annual sports day, compete in a variety of sporting events and offer a number of sporting opportunities.
Pupils and staff are aware of the ten quality standards of PE.
Complete the ‘PESS’ survey annually and analyse the results.
Have Play leaders

To keep this award we need to maintain these high standards and continue to develop PE in the school.

Healthy Schools

We were delighted to have achieved full Healthy School status. The school encourages healthy eating and a water bottle is supplied for every child. A focus on a healthy lifestyle permeates all aspects of our school.....

Good News Assemblies

At Christ Church we believe in celebrating and rewarding the achievements of our pupils too - we are always finding something to celebrate!

Every Friday we have an Assembly led by one of our classes as they share with us their work and achievements. This is also an opportunity to share achievements from out of school and celebrate good behaviour and special achievements.

We particularly enjoy being able to share these events with parents on Fridays at 2.45pm.

Eco-Schools Award

The Government in England wants every school to be a sustainable school by 2020. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) launched their Sustainable Schools Framework in 2006 when the Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP set out challenging long-term aspirations for schools to mainstream learning about sustainable development issues and sustainable practices into everyday school life.

Eco-Schools is an international award programme that guides schools on their sustainable journey, providing a framework to help embed these principles into the heart of school life.

We have a council, elected by the pupils, to focus on energy, re-cycling and making our school more sustainable. We currently hold the Silver Award.