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Frizington Community Primary School

Primary · Frizington · CA26 3PF

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 20 September 2023

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At a glance

109 pupils (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.frizington-pri.cumbria.sch.uk
URN
112156

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 20 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

20 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Cumberland average56.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Flamborough CofE (VC) Primary SchoolBridlington · 139 miles awayGood73%
St John the Baptist CofE Primary SchoolWorthing · 285 miles awayGood46%
Moggerhanger Primary SchoolBedford · 212 miles awayGood62%
Stisted Church of England Primary AcademyBraintree · 250 miles awayOutstanding47%
Lower Heath CofE Primary SchoolWhitchurch · 120 miles awayGood53%
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, HaslingdenRossendale · 75 miles awayOutstanding71%
Coxley Primary SchoolWells · 234 miles awayNeeds attention50%
St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton MatraversSwanage · 279 miles awayExpected standard67%
Gipsey Bridge AcademyBoston · 174 miles awayGood46%
Bishops Castle Primary SchoolBishops Castle · 143 miles awayGood50%
Pelynt Primary AcademyCornwall · 292 miles awayGood70%
St James' CofE Junior SchoolWhitehaven · 4 miles awayExpected standard74%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 97% (Cumberland 88%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 2% (Cumberland 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Cumberland 0%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cumberland: 1.65 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,329; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,678
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £79,784; in-year balance -£4,678

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health39.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier52.6%62.3%
Social housing35.8%17.1%
Privately rented11.2%20.5%
Detached houses9.6%22.9%
Flats3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van33.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019277 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£91,00066 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£66,000–£120,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (16)£122,500
Terraced (46)£77,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
7a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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