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Voluntary aided school · Westmorland and Furness

Church Walk CofE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 88Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 112361URN

Church Walk, Ulverston, LA12 7EN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Westmorland and Furness median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness

28 applications for 14 places
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
69%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 March 2026Published 12 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 March 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 20 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
2.0applications per place, Reception
close to Westmorland and Furness median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

28 applications · 14 places offered · 10 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  3. 2024 3.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  5. 2022 3.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  6. 2021 3.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  8. 2019 4.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  9. 2018 3.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  11. 2016 3.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  12. 2015 3.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  13. 2014 3.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Westmorland and Furness median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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 202614282.0100.71
Sep 202513292.2120.92
Sep 20245183.651.00
Sep 202316452.8161.00
Sep 20228303.881.00
Sep 202115533.5221.47
Sep 202015442.9161.07
Sep 201910454.5101.00
Sep 201815463.1211.40
Sep 201714342.4141.00
Sep 201613413.2131.00
Sep 201515463.1221.47
Sep 201415473.1140.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 75% · Writing 81% · Maths 75% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%29th of 97 in Westmorland and Furness
Reading
Expected standard75%
Higher standard50%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard81%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard75%
Higher standard38%
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
2024/2569%13%108106
2023/2444%0%10598
2022/2354%0%104102

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 aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
112361 · 943/3557
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
105 pupils · 88 on roll
Free school meals
8.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Church Walk, Ulverston, LA12 7EN
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness

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