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Voluntary controlled school · Westmorland and Furness

Pennington CofE School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 211Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 112284URN

Pennington, Ulverston, LA12 0RR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2020
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Apr 2025
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.6 above Westmorland and Furness median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness

73 applications for 30 places · 4th of 43 in Westmorland and Furness
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
65%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2020
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Apr 2025
The graded inspection, 10 March 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 30 April 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 10 March 2020
    Graded inspection: 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 entry
2.4applications per place, Reception
0.6 above Westmorland and Furness median (1.9) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

73 applications · 30 places offered · 39 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.0; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630732.4391.30
Sep 202529662.3280.97
Sep 202423431.9231.00
Sep 202330762.5401.33
Sep 202229521.8351.21
Sep 202129682.3321.10
Sep 202023552.4220.96
Sep 201925431.7251.00
Sep 201819361.9180.95
Sep 201713302.3131.00
Sep 201621351.7200.95
Sep 201530581.9301.00
Sep 201427552.0271.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 94% · Writing 71% · Maths 87% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%37th of 97 in Westmorland and Furness
Reading
Expected standard94%
Higher standard35%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard71%
Greater depth6%
Maths
Expected standard87%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Westmorland and Furness median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2565%6%108106
2023/2471%5%106107
2022/2372%8%106107

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

  • 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
112284 · 943/3128
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 211 on roll
Free school meals
9.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Pennington, Ulverston, LA12 0RR
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources