South Craven School is another large employer in the village, with a staff of nearly 150 and 1700 pupils. Its catchment includes Silsden, Steeton, Eastburn, Sutton, Cowling, Cononley, Kildwick and Farnhill. Pupils also come in from Skipton, Keighley, and other villages in the Dales. It is a comprehensive school which therefore educates children of the whole range of ability from 11 to 19 years of age.
A large number of people living in Glusburn and Cross Hills, commute to work in Leeds, Bradford, Skipton, Calderdale and East Lancashire. Together with the traffic passing through the village, this is posing a major transport problem. There is a great demand in the area, for the former station to be re-opened. However whether it can be considered to be economically viable by the privatised rail companies, is a major concern at present.