Pennington CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Pennington CofE School is a primary school in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 30 April 2025. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Pennington 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 2026 | 1 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 child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 1 mile away, 2nd shortest of the 13 Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- Its 1.3 first choices per Reception 2026 offer was the 4th highest of 111 Westmorland and Furness primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% 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
- Pennington, Ulverston, LA12 0RR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 30 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this welcoming school.”
- “Pupils live out the school motto of ‘together we can do great things’.”
- “Everyone gets along together and are happy to come to school.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, it is not clear exactly what key knowledge pupils should learn.”
- “This means that in these subjects, pupils do not remember the important information they need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 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) | 65% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Lindal and Marton Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Croftlands Infant School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Croftlands Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sir John Barrow School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Church Walk CofE Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Low Furness CofE Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published