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Long Marton School

Primary · Appleby-in-Westmorland · CA16 6BT

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 9 July 2024

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At a glance

81 pupils · 98% of 83 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
16% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.longmartoncommunityschool.co.uk/
URN
112182

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 10 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2025 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 9 July 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

10 places offered · 10 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

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
31%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
98
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 school31%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Westmorland and Furness average58.1%
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
Barlow CofE Primary SchoolDronfield · 102 miles awayGood55%
Etchingham Church of England Primary SchoolEtchingham · 278 miles awayGood67%
Oake, Bradford and Nynehead VC PrimaryTaunton · 250 miles awayRequires improvement40%
Ingham Primary SchoolLincoln · 118 miles awayGood80%
Stathern Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 138 miles awayOutstanding77%
Fairhaven Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich · 213 miles awayGood53%
Alfriston SchoolPolegate · 286 miles awayOutstanding54%
Beer Church of England Primary SchoolSeaton · 272 miles awayGood57%
South Kilworth Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth · 161 miles awayGood80%
High Bickington Church of England Primary AcademyUmberleigh · 259 miles awayExpected standard87%
Feckenham CofE Primary SchoolRedditch · 165 miles awayGood78%
Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLancaster · 41 miles awayGood69%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (Westmorland and Furness 89%, England 60%) · Not recorded 5% (Westmorland and Furness 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Westmorland and Furness 3%, England 7%)

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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.8%
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 · Westmorland and Furness: 1.04 suspensions and 0.00 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
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

67% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 33% left the state-funded sector

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)

16.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 28 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 £52,643; 33.3% 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£9,355
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 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£38,571; in-year balance -£33,405

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.3%62.3%
Social housing2.2%17.1%
Privately rented19.5%20.5%
Detached houses48.8%22.9%
Flats4.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019323 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£210,00024 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£170,000–£238,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (8)£210,000
Terraced (12)£199,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters 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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