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Dent CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
Laning, Dent, Sedbergh LA10 5QJ · dent.cumbria.sch.uk · 01539 625259
On the mapSearch near LA10 5QJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2023/24
- 43%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Westmorland and Furness 58%, England 61%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 30
- 54% of 56 places
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 4 families put the school first and 5 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 | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Results
In 2023/24, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% the higher standard. Across Westmorland and Furness it was 58%, and across England 61%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Dent CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 2024
- 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: Improving, ungraded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jan 2010Good
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 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 13
- 42% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 8% who had a child bullied