We are delighted and proud to share with you the news that, according to the Telegraph Best Primary Schools League Table—we are the fourth best primary school in the whole country! We scored the maximum 40/40 using their criteria of measuring key academic, behavioural and organisational performance.
Well done to all of our pupils, staff, parents and governors. The link to the article is below; https://www.telegraph.co.uk/primary-school-league-tables/
If you have any friends or family who are interested in Askwith Primary School, do please invite them to register for our Open Day (by emailing askwith@ycatschools.co.uk) on Tuesday 18th November, 2-5pm.
Alternatively, prospective parents may get in touch via email to organise a tour of the school at a different time / day. Those interested in Reception places for September 2026, nursery and other years throughout the school are welcome to visit.
Thank you to all those who came along to the PTA Afternoon Tea Party on Monday. It was particularly lovely to meet our new families. The next PTA meeting is Monday 29th September at 3.30pm in the Early Years
Classroom—all welcome!
On Tuesday, a team from Yorkshire Water came into school to talk to the children about water safety, the water cycle and how to be responsible for their own water usage.
We are greatly looking forward to our book fair next week, from Monday 29th September to Thursday 2nd October 3.15-4pm in the school hall. A wide variety of books will be available to buy via card payments. The book fair is being supported by Scholastic books, please click on the link below to view the books that will be available to buy.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/travelling-books/the-books
A reminder about the Phonics and Reading Information Event taking place on Tuesday 30th September, at 3.45pm in the school hall or online at 6.30pm. This event will be relevant for all parents of children from
Reception upto year 6. Please register for the 6.30pm event by emailing askwith@ycatschools.co.uk so we can
send you out a link.
The first of the races in the Wharfedale Cross Country Primary School League is on Saturday 4th October at Ilkley Rugby Club. See attached for details. If your child would like to take part, please email askwith@ycatschools.co.uk by midday Wednesday 1st October with your child’s name and the name and contact phone number of the accompanying parent.
There will be a Bags 2 School collection on Wednesday 8th October. Bags were sent home on Tuesday, but any bag can be used to donate good quality second hand clothing. Please note: school uniform, towels, bedding and curtains cannot be donated through this scheme. Please leave the bags outside the village hall on 8th October by 9am. Please do not bring the bags into school.
18th December 2025
The performances of the infant Nativity on Friday were lovely. The children sang and acted beautifully. They were so clear and loud—well done everyone!Thank you to Mr Wells-Cole who came into school on Wednesday to accompany the children on the piano. We sang a range...