Alston Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Alston, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Alston Primary School is a primary school in Alston, Westmorland and Furness for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Alston Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 12th highest of 111 Westmorland and Furness primary schools.
- Every first-choice family for Reception 2026 was offered a place; 1 of the 10 applications came from families outside Westmorland and Furness, and 1 offer went to them.
- 18.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 7.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Westmorland and Furness schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Church Road, Alston, CA9 3QU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 88 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel a strong sense of belonging at this small, happy school.”
- “They are confident that staff know them well and will support them with any worries that they may have.”
- “Pupils of all ages interact positively with each other.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the essential knowledge that pupils must know has not been defined clearly enough.”
- “Consequently, at times, pupils’ learning does not build securely, and they struggle to remember knowledge in the longer term.”
- “However, in some subjects, these processes are still being refined and are not as effective as they could be in identifying, with precision, any gaps in pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 38% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- Nenthead Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Kirkoswald CofE School 10.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lazonby C of E Primary School 11.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Milburn School 11.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Culgaith CofE School 12.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Langwathby CofE Primary School 12.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Armathwaite School 13.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kirkby Thore School 13.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published