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Kells Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
High Road, Kells, Whitehaven CA28 9PQ · kells-inf.cumbria.sch.uk · 01946 691865
On the mapSearch near CA28 9PQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 130
- 81% of 160 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 11.5%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 86% 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 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Kells Infant School on 8 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 13
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 54% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied