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Hayton CofE Primary School

Primary · Brampton · CA8 9HR

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 November 2024

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At a glance

142 pupils · 81% of 175 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
4.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.hayton.cumbria.sch.uk/
URN
112402

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its inspection on 5 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
88%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school88%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
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
Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary AcademyWigan · 92 miles awayExpected standard63%
Croft Church of England Primary SchoolDarlington · 57 miles awayGood92%
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-SchoolRoyston · 231 miles awayStrong standard73%
Freshford Church SchoolBath · 248 miles awayGood96%
Box Church of England Primary SchoolCorsham · 242 miles awayGood73%
Stockbridge Primary & Pre-SchoolStockbridge · 268 miles awayGood45%
Trowell CofE Primary SchoolNotts · 148 miles awayGood67%
Lea Primary SchoolMatlock · 134 miles awayOutstanding74%
Preshute Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough · 245 miles awayGood63%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolNr Wigan · 98 miles awayGood88%
Kimpton, Thruxton and Fyfield Church of England Primary SchoolAndover · 260 miles awayGood48%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, WhickhamNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 44 miles awayNo current grade90%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Cumberland 88%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Cumberland 1%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Cumberland 0%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (Cumberland 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Cumberland 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Cumberland 3%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Cumberland 1%, England 2%)

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)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.71 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
16.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

27.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 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 £44,003; 10% 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£7,051
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£17,844; in-year balance -£25,247

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.4%62.3%
Social housing5.5%17.1%
Privately rented9.9%20.5%
Detached houses47.2%22.9%
Flats1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019224 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£500,00023 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£282,500–£627,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£580,000

Homes around this school are dearer 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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