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Lanercost CofE Primary School

Primary · Brampton · CA8 2HL

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 June 2024

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At a glance

84 pupils · 105% of 80 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.lanercostschool.org.uk/
URN
112254

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 5 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 12 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
82%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
36%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school82%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
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
Hoole St Michael CofE Primary SchoolPreston · 88 miles awayNeeds attention80%
Allington with Sedgebrook Church of England Primary SchoolGrantham · 161 miles awayGood43%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Lower BeedingHorsham · 290 miles awayGood40%
St Thomas More Primary School, BelmontBelmont · 48 miles awayGood67%
Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester · 212 miles awayGood53%
Bredgar Church of England Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 289 miles awayExpected standard56%
Harbertonford Church of England Primary SchoolTotnes · 319 miles awayNo current grade67%
St Peter's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolHorsham · 293 miles awayStrong standard78%
The Priors SchoolSoutham · 199 miles awayNo current grade82%
Charlton Mackrell CofE Primary SchoolSomerton · 271 miles awayGood58%
Chelford CofE Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 118 miles awayGood83%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, CoppullChorley · 93 miles awayGood57%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Cumberland 88%, England 60%) · Asian Chinese 5% (Cumberland 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Cumberland 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Cumberland 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Cumberland 1%, England 4%) · Black African 1% (Cumberland 2%, England 5%) · Any other White background 1% (Cumberland 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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.18 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
17.6
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 sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

80% of teachers took sickness absence, 21.1 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 £51,776; 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£9,309
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £27,931; in-year balance -£38,469

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.5%62.3%
Social housing3.8%17.1%
Privately rented15.7%20.5%
Detached houses58.6%22.9%
Flats3.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019225 · 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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