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Early Years Education

Get your child's education off to a great start in Craven.

With 27 Early Years groups and Nurseries and 39 primary schools, Craven is a great location to get your child's education off to a good start.

Educational success at Key Stage 2 in York & North Yorkshire outstrips the National Average by 0.6%.

Academic Level North Yorkshire Average England Average Variance
Key Stage 2 (ages 7-11) point score
 28.2 27.6 +0.6

Source: www.dfes.gov.uk

Secondary Education

The district has 9 secondary schools and educational standards in these are high, exemplified by the percentage of students in North Yorkshire achieving five or more GCSE grades A* - C, which is 5.7% higher than the national average.

Academic Level North Yorkshire Average England Average Variance
Key Stage 3 (ages 11 - 14) point score 36.2 34.5 +1.7
Students attaining 5+ GCSE's grade A*-C 62.8% 57.1% +5.7%
GCSE total point score 370.8 355.2 +15.6

Source: www.dfes.gov.uk

16+ Education

The average points per GCE and VCE student in North Yorkshire is an impressive 17.6 points above the national average.

Academic Level North Yorkshire Average England Average Variance
GCE and VCE points per student
 295.4 277.8 +17.6

Source: www.dfes.gov.uk

Post 16 facts.....

  • Half of Craven's secondary schools have sixth form provision.1 
  • The average points per GCE and VCE student in North Yorkshire is an impressive 17.6 points above the national average.
  • There is one Further Education College located in Craven.
  • Craven College has been designated as a Centre of Vocational Excellence in Business Leadership and Management.
  • Within York & North Yorkshire there are seven further education colleges.1

Craven is in a perfect location, situated within easy reach of some of the most well respected universities in the country.

The University of York

Just over an hours drive from Craven, this internationally renowned university is one of Britain's academic success stories.  It has forged a reputation rivalling Oxford and Cambridge in the space of 40 years.  York is consistently ranked in the top ten universities for both teaching and research quality, with 18 out of 23 departments judged to be world class by the governments UK Research Assessments Exercise.
www.york.ac.uk

York St John University

York St John University has become the UK's newest university, after being granted the privilege in October 2006.  With some 6,000 students from the UK and overseas, York St John University offers education and training opportunities at foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and post-experience level in the arts, health and life sciences, business, management, education and theology.
www.yorksj.ac.uk

The University of Sheffield

This award winning red brick university was named in the top 6 UK universities for internationally recognised research quality. The University is under one and a half hour's drive away from the district of Craven.
www.shef.ac.uk

The University of Manchester

Located only one hour and ten minutes away from the district of Craven, the University of Manchester is Britains largest, single - site university. The university was the winner of the coveted Sunday Times University of the Year 2006 title and by 2015, aims to hold a world-class leading research profile and be among the top 25 universities in the world.
www.manchester.ac.uk/

The University of Leeds

The University of Leeds is under an hours drive away from Craven in West Yorkshire. Acclaimed worldwide for the quality of its teaching and research, it is one of the largest universities in the UK. This size enables Leeds to offer one of the widest ranges of academic courses in the UK.
www.leeds.ac.uk

Click on the following links for information on the other universities in and around the region and neighbouring areas:

Adult learning

There are three providers of adult and community learning in Craven.  For further information on adult learning across North Yorkshire please click here.

  1. Overview Factsheet for Craven 2005, www.lsc.gov.uk