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Nenthead Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Nenthead, Alston CA9 3LS · alstonmoorfederation.org.uk · 01434 381400
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Westmorland and Furness Council
- Pupils
- 17
- 61% of 28 places
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 5.9%
- First language not English
- 5.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Westmorland and Furness Council’s document.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | hidden | 62% |
| Higher standard | hidden | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | hidden | 106 |
| Maths | hidden | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | hidden | 105 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Nenthead Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 10
- 50% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied