Kirkoswald CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
Kirkoswald CofE School is a primary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 July 2025. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Kirkoswald 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
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 22% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The latest Ofsted outcome, on 1 July 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome was Good, on 15 February 2011.
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
- Kirkoswald, Penrith, CA10 1EN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 48 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Kirkoswald CofE Primary School which is the heart of the community.”
- “Each morning, staff warmly welcome pupils and their families.”
- “The youngest children settle quickly, supported by their parents and carers, as they complete their first activity of the day.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, including some areas of learning in the early years, this is not the case.”
- “Some subject curriculums do not set out the sequence of learning clearly enough.”
- “Where this happens, pupils do not learn the knowledge and skills required to build more complex knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 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) | 67% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- Lazonby C of E Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Plumpton School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Armathwaite School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langwathby CofE Primary School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- High Hesket CofE School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Calthwaite CofE School 5.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Beaconside CofE Primary School 7.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith 7.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published