Skipton Girls' High School#Status

The school was awarded specialist status as an Engineering College in September 2003, becoming the first all-girls school to achieve this status.{{cite news | title = Skipton Girls' High School – Specialist Engineering College | url = http://www.schoolsnetwork.org.uk/Article.aspa?PageId=238579&NodeId=475 | publisher = Specialist Schools and Academies Trust | access-date = 26 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It also has Investors in People accreditation and Fair Trade FairAchiever status. On 1 April 2011, the school became an academy and on 1 April 2015, the school established the Multi-Academy Trust Northern Star Academies Trust.

As an academy Trust, the Governors are responsible for admissions. Girls who wish to join the school sit a selection test. There is no selection test for entrance into the Sixth Form, as pupils are admitted on the basis of their GCSE grades.

Pupils joining the Sixth Form are expected to have achieved 5 9-4 grades, including English and Mathematics, at GCSE and at least grade 6 at GCSE in the subjects they want to study at A Level.

The school underwent an Ofsted inspection in September 2022 and was graded 'Outstanding' for behaviour and attitudes and 'Good' overall.{{cite web |url=https://www.sghs.org.uk/our-school/ofsted/#:~:text=SGHS%20was%20inspected%20in%20September,attitudes% |website=Skipton Girls’ High School |title=Skipton Girls' High School | Northern Star Academies Trust - Ofsted }}

The Old Girls' Guild began on 24 November 1917. The idea of the Guild developed whilst Miss Larner was Headmistress, when staff and former pupils would meet. Miss Broadbent continued this, organising social events. The Guild's first magazine was published in 1918 and, with the exception of 1920, one has been published every year. Bound copies of the magazine are held at Skipton Reference Library.

The Guild disbanded in 2017 and no longer meets.

Each pupil is in one of four houses, each of which has a house colour. Each house is named after a woman or women of note from history: Bronte (red) is named after the Brontë sisters; Curie (yellow) after Marie Curie; Franklin (blue) after Rosalind Franklin; and Johnson (green) after Amy Johnson.

The original four houses of Skipton Girls' High School were Clifford (yellow), de Romille (red), Norton (blue) and Pembroke (green). These names linked the school to the Craven area - Clifford, de Romille and Pembroke all being related to Skipton Castle. Later, three houses taking the names of former headteachers (Broadbent, Larner and Wise) were used.

The school offers a wide range of subjects at A Level; most students study three subjects, with exceptionally able students able to choose a fourth subject if they wish.{{Cite web |title=Skipton Girls' High School {{!}} Northern Star Academies Trust - Curriculum |url=https://www.sghs.org.uk/parents-carers/curriculum/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.sghs.org.uk}}

The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), a standalone qualification at A Level standard intended as preparation for university or a future career,{{Cite web |title=Introduction |url=https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/projects/project-qualifications/EPQ-7993/introduction |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.aqa.org.uk |language=en}} is also offered.

In 2022, the pass rate (grades A*-E) was 99.7%, with 71.5% at grades A*-B.{{Cite web |title=Skipton Girls' High School {{!}} Northern Star Academies Trust - Attainment and Progress |url=https://www.sghs.org.uk/our-school/attainment-and-progress/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.sghs.org.uk}} 35% of students went on to Russell Group universities. Three students went to Cambridge, and two to Oxford.{{Cite web |title=Skipton Girls' High School {{!}} Northern Star Academies Trust - Destinations |url=https://www.sghs.org.uk/post-16/destinations/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.sghs.org.uk}}

Sixth Form results typically put the school in the top 100 state schools in the country for A-Level results.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

{{See also|Category:People educated at Skipton Girls' High School}}

• Claire Brooks (1931–2008) – politician{{cite news|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8065993.a-lifetime-of-political-battles/|title=A lifetime of political battles|date=7 April 1999|work=Bradford Telegraph & Argus|accessdate=24 March 2023}}
• Elizabeth Harwood (1938–1990) – opera singer{{cite news|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4831224.across-the-years/|title=Across The Years|date=13 May 2005|work=Bradford Telegraph & Argus|accessdate=24 March 2023}}
• Ruzwana Bashir – first British Asian woman to become President of the Oxford Union{{cite news|url=http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/2004/1/27/103684.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220175923/http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/2004/1/27/103684.html|archivedate=20 February 2010|url-status=dead|title=Obscure law costs Ruzwana top post|date=27 January 2004|work=Bradford Telegraph & Argus|accessdate=24 March 2023}}
• Katherine Langrish – fantasy writer{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

• Ermysted's Grammar School
• Harrogate High School - joint founder of Northern Star Academies Trust

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