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Milburn School

Primary · Penrith · CA10 1TN

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Some aspects not as strong”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. This school does hold an older grade, but that outcome says the school has weakened since, so showing the old grade here would flatter it. It is in the inspection history below, with its date.

Inspected 11 February 2025

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At a glance

19 pupils · 68% of 28 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
40% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.milburn.cumbria.sch.uk/
URN
112183

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 3 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. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 100% (Westmorland and Furness 89%, England 60%)

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)
10.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25%
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
6
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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,866; 50% 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£18,700
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £13,940; in-year balance -£11,264

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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

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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