St Wilfrid’s is a Voluntary Aided Catholic Primary School and Foundation Unit, owned by the Diocese of Leeds and maintained in partnership with the North Yorkshire Education Authority. It is a co-educational day school, which caters for children aged from 3 - 11 years. The school serves the children and families of St Wilfrid's Parish, Ripon.

The original St Wilfrid's School was built in 1862, along with St Wilfrid's Catholic Church and The Presbytery. The cost of the whole project then was £5,000. The original school building now houses the Foundation Unit. The school moved to its present site on Church Lane in 1974.

At St. Wilfrid’s we aim to help all children develop their full potential in a happy, busy, stimulating Christian environment.  We aim to combine traditional values with a forward-looking approach and are proud of our family atmosphere.

The main school building is light and airy with 5 classrooms, a library, ICT Suite and a large multipurpose hall. The whole school has been refurbished providing us with a high quality learning environment.