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Levens CofE School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary controlled
Church Road Levens, Levens, Kendal LA8 8PU · levens.cumbria.sch.uk · 01539 560694
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 38%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Westmorland and Furness 58%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Westmorland and Furness Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 98
- 93% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.9%
- First language not English
- 2%
- 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, 13 families put the school first and 13 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 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 17 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 19 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
Results
In 2024/25, 38% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Westmorland and Furness it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼38% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 31 January 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Levens CofE School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 31 Jan 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 50
- 53% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied