Nenthead 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 🔒
Nenthead Primary School is a primary school in Alston, Westmorland and Furness for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Nenthead 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
- There were 17 pupils on roll in January 2026, and the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 4 places.
- Rated Good by Ofsted on 11 June 2024; among the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness, 4 are Good, 3 have no current grade, 1 Requires improvement.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 5.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 9.1% 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
- Nenthead, Alston, CA9 3LS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 17 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to attend this small school, which is at the heart of the local community.”
- “They value the positive relationships that they have with other pupils and with staff.”
- “Pupils told the inspector that everybody is treated equally at their school, which they described as ‘like a family’.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, staff do not determine well enough how secure pupils’ prior learning is.”
- “As a result, pupils have some gaps in their knowledge, which hinders them from learning as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Westmorland and Furness.
- Alston Primary School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Milburn School 11.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Culgaith CofE School 13.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Long Marton School 13.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kirkoswald CofE School 13.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kirkby Thore School 14.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lazonby C of E Primary School 14.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Langwathby CofE Primary School 14.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published