Penruddock Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Penrith, 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 🔒
Penruddock Primary School is a primary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Penruddock 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
- Of its 48 pupils on roll, 2.1% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 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%).
- That 2024/25 figure was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness that have results.
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
- Penruddock, Penrith, CA11 0QU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 48 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to Penruddock Primary School.”
- “They appreciate seeing their friends each day.”
- “They value the opportunities that the school provides.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “Pupils do not consistently make connections between what they are learning now and what they have previously learned.”
- “This limits their ability to develop secure knowledge across subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- Greystoke Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stainton CofE Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Skelton School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Yanwath Primary School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Lakes School 5.6 mi Good
- Brunswick School 5.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beaconside CofE Primary School 6.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published