High Hesket CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Carlisle, 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 🔒
High Hesket CofE School is a primary school in Carlisle, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
High Hesket CofE 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
- For Reception 2026, there were 10 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 19 of the 34 applications (56%) came from families living outside Westmorland and Furness, and 6 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 ranked 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 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
- High Hesket, Carlisle, CA4 0HU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 136 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “This is an incredibly happy and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils throughout the school are delightful and keen to engage with visitors.”
- “They show their kind nature to those around them by holding doors open and checking that visitors are well and know where to go.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, staff do not give pupils the opportunity to revisit the knowledge that has been taught previously.”
- “This means some pupils struggle to recall their learning across a range of subjects.”
- “However, the school has not ensured that pupils have the understanding they need of faiths and cultures beyond their own.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (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) | 52% | 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, 12 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.
- Armathwaite School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Calthwaite CofE School 2.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Ivegill CofE School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Plumpton School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kirkoswald CofE School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lazonby C of E Primary School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Skelton School 6.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Langwathby CofE Primary School 8.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published