Long Marton School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Appleby-in-Westmorland, 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 🔒
Long Marton School is a primary school in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Long Marton 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, 31% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 2024/25's reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness that have results.
- For Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 10 places.
- 16% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, 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
- Long Marton, Appleby-in-Westmorland, CA16 6BT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 81 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this happy, rural school.”
- “They arrive each morning ready and eager to learn.”
- “Pupils know that staff care about them.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the key knowledge that the school wants pupils to learn is not clear.”
- “On occasion, this hampers pupils’ achievements in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2024 (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) | 31% | 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.
- Bolton Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Kirkby Thore School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Appleby Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Milburn School 3.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Temple Sowerby CofE Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Morland Area CofE Primary School 4.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Culgaith CofE School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Crosby Ravensworth CofE School 6.5 mi Not judged Last distance published