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Ennerdale and Kinniside CofE Primary School

Primary · Cleator · CA23 3AR

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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: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 16 June 2026 · report published 8 September 2026

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At a glance

36 pupils · 64% of 56 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
5.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.ennerdale.cumbria.sch.uk
URN
112293

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 5 families named it first for 5 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 16 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 5.4% 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
22/23
23/24
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers70.5%
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
St Mabyn CofE SchoolBodmin · 282 miles awayGood71%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-BrockPreston · 54 miles awayGood86%
Ashurst CofE Primary SchoolSteyning · 281 miles awayGood70%
Darite Primary AcademyLiskeard · 282 miles awayGood57%
Longtown Community Primary SchoolHereford · 179 miles awayGood100%
Clunbury CofE Primary SchoolCraven Arms · 147 miles awayExpected standard67%
St Peter's Church of England Primary School WymondhamMelton Mowbray · 165 miles awayGood100%
Grampound-With-Creed CofE Primary SchoolTruro · 299 miles awayExpected standard43%
Michaelchurch Escley Primary SchoolHereford · 175 miles awayGood80%
Gerrans SchoolTruro · 308 miles awayGood70%
Norbury Primary School and NurseryBishops Castle · 140 miles awayOutstanding89%
Morville CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolBridgnorth · 143 miles awayGood50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 100% (Cumberland 88%, 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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.5%
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 · 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
13
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 £44,974; 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£11,257
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £71,651; in-year balance +£32,222

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.3%62.3%
Social housing21.9%17.1%
Privately rented10.6%20.5%
Detached houses35.8%22.9%
Flats0.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van17%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034076 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£255,00011 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£188,000–£292,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (6)£193,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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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