Sedbergh Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sedbergh, 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 🔒
Sedbergh Primary School is a primary school in Sedbergh, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Sedbergh 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, 35% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure ranked lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness that have results.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers (1.0 per offer, 12th highest of 111 Westmorland and Furness primary schools), and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 19.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 12.8 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 Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 168 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils’ smiles show how much they enjoy school.”
- “They arrive each morning eager to learn.”
- “Children in the early years blossom in the stimulating environment leaders have created.”
To improve
- “However, in one or two subjects, teachers do not use assessment information effectively enough.”
- “Pupils’ learning does not build sufficiently well on what they already know and can do.”
- “This hinders the progress for some pupils in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 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) | 35% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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.
- Dent CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Grayrigg CofE School 6.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Old Hutton CofE School 6.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Tebay Primary School 8.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Castle Park School 8.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Patrick's CofE School 8.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heron Hill Primary School 8.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selside Endowed CofE Primary School 8.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published