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Threlkeld CofE Primary School

Primary · Keswick · CA12 4RX

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

41 pupils · 68% of 60 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.threlkeld.cumbria.sch.uk/
URN
148607

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 4 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 inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
33%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
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 school33%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
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
Danby Church of England Voluntary Aided SchoolWhitby · 86 miles awayExpected standard57%
Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolTowcester · 190 miles awayExpected standard70%
Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWhitby · 93 miles awayGood29%
Hawes Primary SchoolHawes · 41 miles awayGood75%
Shankhill CofE Primary SchoolCARLISLE · 30 miles awayGood83%
Stogumber CofE Primary SchoolTaunton · 242 miles awayNo current grade86%
Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSkipton · 57 miles awayGood71%
Wigley Primary SchoolChesterfield · 114 miles awayExpected standard83%
Hose Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 150 miles awayGood43%
St Matthew's CofE SchoolWigton · 16 miles awayGood57%
Gayton Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · 189 miles awayGood63%
Nutley Church of England Primary SchoolUckfield · 280 miles awayNeeds attention54%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Westmorland and Furness 89%, England 60%) · Not recorded 7% (Westmorland and Furness 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.3%
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
12.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 24 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 £44,471; 25% 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

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)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.5%62.3%
Social housing7.8%17.1%
Privately rented16.7%20.5%
Detached houses48.3%22.9%
Flats4.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019313 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£330,00017 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£285,000–£415,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (7)£310,000

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
1a 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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