Clifton Primary School
Primary · Community 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 🔒
Clifton Primary School is a primary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2023. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Clifton 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, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, there were 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 9.2% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.4% 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
- Clifton, Clifton Primary School, Penrith, CA10 2EG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 76 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of the school family.”
- “They are respectful, friendly and take good care of one another.”
- “Leaders and teachers have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, pupils do not have sufficient depth in their learning.”
- “This is because some of the tasks they are set do not make them think hard enough.”
- “Additionally, too many older pupils make errors in basic spelling and punctuation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2023 (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) | 64% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- Yanwath Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lowther Endowed School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Lakes School 2.0 mi Good
- Beaconside CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brunswick School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stainton CofE Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Morland Area CofE Primary School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published