Stainton CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided 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 🔒
Stainton CofE Primary School is a primary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Stainton 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 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, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 4.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
- The school has 18.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19 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
- Stainton, Penrith, CA11 0ET
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 112 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are kind, caring and well mannered.”
- “They take pride in living up to the high aspirations that the school has for their behaviour.”
- “Children in the early years make a strong start to their education.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the school has not identified the most important information that pupils should learn.”
- “This means that teachers are not clear on the precise content that they should teach and when this should happen.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not develop the depth of knowledge in these subjects that they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2024 (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) | 53% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Yanwath Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Lakes School 2.2 mi Good
- Brunswick School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beaconside CofE Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greystoke Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Penruddock Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published