Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Cumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 21 May 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 14 July 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry5 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
- 2026 1.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2025 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2022 1.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2021 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2020 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2019 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2017 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2016 2.4; Cumberland median median 2.0
- 2015 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2014 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.7
- This school
- Cumberland median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 12 | 16 | 1.3 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 50% · Writing 63% · Maths 50% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Cumberland median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 50% | 0% | 103 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 0% | 100 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 67% | 0% | 105 | 101 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lowca Community SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Cumberland20261.2applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · CumberlandStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 9%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · CumberlandRemains Good20232.1applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · CumberlandGood20231.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · CumberlandGood20231.7applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · Cumberland202674%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · CumberlandRemains Good · improving20242.2applications per place
- 4.0 km · CumberlandGood20221.3applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 112158 · 942/2216
- Capacity
- 55 pupils · 51 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Lowca, Whitehaven, CA28 6QS
- Local authority
- Cumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources