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Crosthwaite CofE School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
Crosthwaite, Kendal LA8 8HT · crosthwaiteprimary.net · 01539 568471
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- 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
- 109
- 9 over 100 places · 109%
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.9%
- First language not English
- 5.5%
- 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, 9 families put the school first and 9 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 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 14 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 20% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲20% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 January 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Crosthwaite CofE School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 18 Jan 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 32
- 33% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 56% who raised concerns
based on the 12% who had a child bullied