Allithwaite CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Grange-over-Sands, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.5 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Allithwaite CofE Primary School is a primary school in Grange-over-Sands, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 November 2022. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Allithwaite CofE 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 2026 | 1.5 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child 1.5 miles away, the 5th shortest of 13 Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 1 of the 2 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 16 first-choice applications for 14 offers; all 14 went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Church Road, Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7RD
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 109 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils, including children in the early years, care about each other in this supportive school.”
- “Older pupils act as welcoming buddies to younger pupils.”
- “This helps pupils to make friends easily and learn routines quickly.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the strategies used for checking pupils’ understanding are at an earlier stage of development.”
- “However, at times, pupils do not read books that are closely matched their phonics knowledge.”
- “This knocks pupils’ confidence and hinders their progress in reading.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 December 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) | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Grange CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cartmel CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Flookburgh CofE Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lindale CofE Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Arnside National CofE School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Leven Valley CofE Primary School 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dean Barwick Primary School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Penny Bridge CofE School 5.8 mi Good Last distance published