Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Westmorland and Furness
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- 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
- 30 June 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 28 February 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry10 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2025 2.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2023 2.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2022 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2021 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2018 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2017 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8
- 2016 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.9
- 2015 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Westmorland and Furness median
Dashed bars: as Ambleside CofE Primary School (URN 112374), the previous school.
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 | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 88% → all three 75% 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 | 75% | 25% | 109 | 110 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 0% | 105 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 46% | 0% | 106 | 103 |
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
- Ambleside CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · Westmorland and FurnessRequires significant improvement 20261.7applications per place
- 6.8 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20241.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 7.5 km · Westmorland and Furness20263.5applications per place
- 7.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20241.2applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 7.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 9.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20231.1applications per place 27%met the SATs standard
- 11.1 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 55%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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141978 · 943/2003
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 52 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2015
- Replaced
- Ambleside CofE Primary School (URN 112374)
- Address
- Vicarage Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DH
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources