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St Michael's Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Station Road, Workington CA14 2UY · smhwkt.cumbria.sch.uk · 01900 608111
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 117
- 86% of 136 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.7%
- First language not English
- 13.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 20 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for St Michael's Nursery and Infant School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 18 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 50
- 45% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 56% who raised concerns
based on the 12% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (28%) with SEND