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Kirkby Thore School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Kirkby Thore, Penrith CA10 1UU · kirkbythore.education · 01768 361497
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2018/19
- 30%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- 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
- 33
- 47% of 70 places
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.1%
- First language not English
- 6.1%
- 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, 4 families put the school first and 4 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 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2018/19, 30% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard.
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 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112181)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Kirkby Thore School was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 8 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 8 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding not effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112181)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2013
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112181), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Feb 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112181)
Mar 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112181)