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Storth CofE School

Primary · Milnthorpe · LA7 7JA

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 2 June 2026 · report published 8 July 2026

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At a glance

88 pupils · 88% of 100 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
9.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.storth.cumbria.sch.uk
URN
112265

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 5 families named it first for 5 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. At its report-card inspection on 2 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% 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
22/23
23/24
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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
Westmorland and Furness average58.1%
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
Pratts Bottom Primary SchoolOrpington · 233 miles awayGood56%
Aston by Sutton Primary SchoolRuncorn · 63 miles awayGood56%
Leeming RAF Community Primary SchoolNorthallerton · 52 miles awayGood65%
St. Mark's CofE Primary SchoolHaywards Heath · 245 miles awayGood47%
Styal Primary SchoolWilmslow · 64 miles awayGood63%
Tipton St John Church of England Primary SchoolSidmouth · 242 miles awayNeeds attention50%
St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary SchoolDarwen · 37 miles awayNeeds attention10%
The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England SchoolGrantham · 122 miles awayGood60%
Shipbourne SchoolTonbridge · 242 miles awayGood86%
Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolOxford · 184 miles awayGood (2019)70%
Shenington Church of England Primary SchoolShenington · 157 miles awayGood67%
Old Hutton CofE SchoolKendal · 7 miles awayGood54%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Westmorland and Furness 89%, England 60%) · Not recorded 3% (Westmorland and Furness 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Westmorland and Furness 3%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Westmorland and Furness 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)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.38 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
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 £49,974; 16.7% 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£9,488
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£120,652; in-year balance -£50,930

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.8%62.3%
Social housing2.4%17.1%
Privately rented12.8%20.5%
Detached houses61.3%22.9%
Flats7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019343 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£374,00034 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£293,000–£465,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (26)£395,000
Semi-detached (5)£287,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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