Graded inspection · Oct 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry44 applications · 30 places offered · 35 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2025 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2024 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2022 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2021 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2020 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2019 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2016 2.2; Cumberland median median 2.0
- 2015 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 30 | 44 | 1.5 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2025 | 34 | 52 | 1.5 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 24 | 33 | 1.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 45 | 1.5 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 35 | 53 | 1.5 | 34 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 26 | 40 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 43 | 1.4 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 28 | 41 | 1.5 | 22 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2017 | 27 | 49 | 1.8 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 66 | 2.2 | 47 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2014 | 29 | 37 | 1.3 | 29 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Kells Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place
- 0.1 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · CumberlandRemains Good202341%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · CumberlandGood20241.5applications per place
- 1.3 km · CumberlandRemains Good202347%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · CumberlandRemains Good20241.2applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · CumberlandRemains Good · improving20242.2applications per place
- 2.0 km · Cumberland202674%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · CumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 89%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
- 112169 · 942/2230
- Capacity
- 160 pupils · 130 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- High Road, Kells, Whitehaven, CA28 9PQ
- Local authority
- Cumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources