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Croftlands Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Oakwood Drive, Ulverston LA12 9JU · croftlandsinf.cumbria.sch.uk · 01229 586565
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Westmorland and Furness Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 119
- 53% of 226 places
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 5%
- First language not English
- 1.7%
- 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.
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 35 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 | 35 | 27 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 35 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Croftlands Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 28
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied