Kirkby Stephen Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Kirkby Stephen, 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 🔒
Kirkby Stephen Primary School is a primary school in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 July 2022. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Kirkby Stephen 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, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; the Reception 2027 admission number is 30 places.
- There are 20.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 13.3 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
- Nateby Road, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4AE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, enjoy attending this school.”
- “They describe the school community as being like a family that is welcoming and friendly.”
- “Pupils feel safe and are confident that they have an adult to talk to about any worries.”
To improve
- “Leaders have introduced some effective assessment strategies, but these are not used consistently well across all subjects.”
- “At times, the reading books for pupils in key stage 2 who find reading difficult do not match the sounds that they are learning.”
- “These pupils can become frustrated with their reading, and their progress slows.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 77% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Brough Community Primary School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Warcop CofE Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Asby Endowed School 6.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Orton CofE School 9.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Appleby Primary School 9.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Tebay Primary School 10.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Crosby Ravensworth CofE School 10.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Long Marton School 12.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published