Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry34 applications · 12 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2023 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2022 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2021 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2020 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2017 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2016 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2015 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2014 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- This school
- Westmorland and Furness 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 | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2025 | 17 | 33 | 1.9 | 15 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 19 | 28 | 1.5 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 28 | 2.0 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 16 | 23 | 1.4 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 16 | 37 | 2.3 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 21 | 35 | 1.7 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 26 | 42 | 1.6 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 25 | 34 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 28 | 41 | 1.5 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 27 | 33 | 1.2 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 22 | 34 | 1.6 | 22 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 65% · Writing 65% · Maths 61% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Westmorland and Furness median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 52% | 9% | 104 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 10% | 108 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 77% | 6% | 108 | 105 |
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
- High Hesket CofE SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20222.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · Westmorland and FurnessImproved significantly20241.6applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20242.7applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 6.3 km · CumberlandGood20233.4applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 7.4 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.6applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 8.4 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 8.7 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20231.7applications per place 0%met the SATs standard
- 8.7 km · CumberlandGood20232.6applications per place 47%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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 112248 · 943/3013
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 200 pupils · 136 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- High Hesket, Carlisle, CA4 0HU
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources