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Shap Endowed CofE Primary School

Primary · Penrith · CA10 3NL

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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 16 July 2024

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At a glance

88 pupils · 70% of 126 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
15.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.shap.cumbria.sch.uk
URN
112328

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 9 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 16 July 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 9 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
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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
30%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school30%
Median of its 12 closest peers50%
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
Little Horsted Church of England Primary SchoolUckfield · 273 miles awayGood35%
East Hoathly CofE Primary SchoolLewes · 276 miles awayGood50%
The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary SchoolWantage · 209 miles awayGood55%
Hunsdon Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolWare · 219 miles awayOutstanding (2018)73%
Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary SchoolNewquay · 298 miles awayGood44%
Harting CofE Primary SchoolSouth Harting · 257 miles awayGood50%
Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary SchoolKidderminster · 150 miles awayGood45%
Lady Elizabeth Hastings' CofE VA Primary School, Thorp ArchWetherby · 69 miles awayGood33%
Surlingham Primary SchoolNorwich · 214 miles awayStrong standard89%
Thakeham Primary SchoolPulborough · 266 miles awayGood63%
Wawne Primary SchoolHull · 106 miles awayGood47%
West Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMalton · 87 miles awayGood50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 97% (Westmorland and Furness 89%, England 60%) · White Irish 2% (Westmorland and Furness 0%, England 0%) · 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.1%
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
16.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 23% 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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,231; 14.3% 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£8,330
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 10% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £63,159; in-year balance +£9,922

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75%62.3%
Social housing9.7%17.1%
Privately rented15.2%20.5%
Detached houses30.5%22.9%
Flats7.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019337 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£190,00043 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£142,500–£255,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£299,000
Semi-detached (10)£214,000
Terraced (20)£175,000
Flat (5)£120,000

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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