Graded inspection · Jun 2024 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry9 applications · 8 places offered · 8 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2024 1.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2023 1.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2022 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2021 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2020 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2018 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2017 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2016 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2015 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2014 1.2; 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 | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 13 | 15 | 1.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 13 | 15 | 1.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 88% · Maths 100% → all three 88% 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 | 88% | 18% | 111 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 0% | 106 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 85% | 25% | 111 | 106 |
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
- Arnside National CofE SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.1applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · LancashireGood20241.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20222.8applications per place
- 4.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood202411.0applications per place
- 4.9 km · Westmorland and FurnessStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · Lancashire20263.0applications per place
- 5.8 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20231.5applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 5.9 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20231.6applications per place 20%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 137686 · 943/3352
- Trust
- Arnside National Church of England School
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 168 pupils · 95 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2011
- Replaced
- Arnside National CofE School (URN 112311)
- Address
- Church Hill, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0DW
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources