Culgaith CofE School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Culgaith CofE School is a primary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Culgaith 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
- Reception 2026 had 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Ofsted rated it Good on 7 November 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness, 5 are Good, 2 have no current grade and 1 Requires improvement.
- 1.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9.2% 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
- Culgaith, Culgaith, Penrith, CA10 1QL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 56 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “They see it as a friendly place where everyone is welcome.”
- “Pupils new to the school settle in quickly and soon make friends.”
- “In the early years, children’s happy faces show how safe and secure they feel here.”
To improve
- “In a very small number of subjects, these smaller steps are less clearly defined.”
- “This makes it more difficult for teachers to ensure that pupils learn everything that they need to know in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- Temple Sowerby CofE Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milburn School 2.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Kirkby Thore School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Langwathby CofE Primary School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Long Marton School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bolton Primary School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Morland Area CofE Primary School 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 5.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published