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Penny Bridge CofE School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 123Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 140306URN

Greenodd, Ulverston, LA12 7RQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.2 above Westmorland and Furness median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness

31 applications for 15 places · 11th of 43 in Westmorland and Furness
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
58%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 10 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.2 above Westmorland and Furness median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

31 applications · 15 places offered · 23 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
  13. 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202615312.1231.53
Sep 202515241.6151.00
Sep 202414221.6141.00
Sep 202321281.3200.95
Sep 202210161.6101.00
Sep 202121261.2200.95
Sep 202013171.3120.92
Sep 201919271.4191.00
Sep 201810212.1101.00
Sep 201719231.2191.00
Sep 201610272.7101.00
Sep 201513251.9120.92
Sep 201417201.2171.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 75% · Maths 67% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%52nd of 97 in Westmorland and Furness
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard75%
Greater depth8%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard33%
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
2024/2558%8%104106
2023/2455%0%103101
2022/2391%27%109106

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

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  • Strong standard
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  • 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
140306 · 943/3556
Trust
The Good Shepherd Multi Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
105 pupils · 123 on roll
Free school meals
6.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2013
Replaced
Penny Bridge CofE School (URN 112360)
Address
Greenodd, Ulverston, LA12 7RQ
Local authority
Westmorland and Furness

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