Skipton Girls' High School, founded in 1886 by the Petyt Trust, is an all-girls selective grammar school situated in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. The school has academy status. Around 800 girls aged 11 to 18 are educated at the school, of which 190 are in the sixth form. The current Executive Headteacher is Janet Renou, with Jenn Plews replacing Michele Costello as Head of Academy in September 2013.StatusThe school was awarded specialist status as an Engineering College in September 2003, becoming the first all-girls school to achieve this status. It also has Investors in People accreditation. On 1 April 2011, the school became an academy.AdmissionAs an academy 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 sixth form as students are admitted on the basis of their GCSE grades. Pupils joining the sixth form are expected to have achieved at least a grade B at GCSE in the subjects they want to study at A-level.Ofsted inspectionsBefore the school's conversion to academy status in 2012, it underwent two major Ofsted inspections, these in 2005 and 2008. The 2005 inspection, before Ofsted provided performance grades, described Skipton Girls' as overall a "good" school, emphasizing a "very good quality education." It stressed the good quality of teaching and "fully motivated students." Examination results were high and subject provision was seen as of high quality. The governors and head teacher provided effective leadership and direction. However, the inspectors pointed out shortcomings in monitoring by senior leaders, a less than effective assessment of younger pupils, and the unsatisfactory provision of religious education not meeting "statutory requirements." In the following 2008 inspection the school was rated Grade 1 (outstanding) for overall effectiveness, in all separate areas of assessment, and throughout all pupil years.