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Moor Row Community Primary School

Primary · Moor Row · CA24 3JW

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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 4 June 2024

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At a glance

72 pupils · 60% of 120 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
15.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.moor-row.cumbria.sch.uk/
URN
112161

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 5 families named it first for 5 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 4 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Cumberland average56.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Scapegoat Hill Junior and Infant SchoolHuddersfield · 91 miles awayGood (2016)73%
Turvey Primary SchoolBedford · 202 miles awayStrong standard71%
Sharnford Church of England Primary SchoolHinckley · 166 miles awayExpected standard73%
Dinton CofE Primary SchoolSalisbury · 246 miles awayExpected standard83%
Stutton Church of England Primary SchoolIPSWICH · 261 miles awayGood50%
Kniveton CofE Primary SchoolAshbourne · 126 miles awayGood82%
St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSudbury · 245 miles awayGood60%
Snarestone Church of England SchoolSwadlincote · 152 miles awayRequires improvement69%
East Wold Church of England Primary SchoolLouth · 167 miles awayRequires improvement29%
Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBurnley · 69 miles awayGood83%
Bolton Primary SchoolAppleby-in-Westmorland · 40 miles awayGood67%
The Ilsleys Primary SchoolNewbury · 227 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (Cumberland 88%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Cumberland 0%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Cumberland 1%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Cumberland 1%, England 3%)

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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.32 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
15.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 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 £53,207; 20% 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£9,856
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£17,875; in-year balance +£4,887

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.8%62.3%
Social housing5.4%17.1%
Privately rented11.7%20.5%
Detached houses38.6%22.9%
Flats1.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019273 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£96,50040 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£80,000–£215,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£262,500
Terraced (29)£90,000

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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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