Grasmere CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
8.5 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grasmere CofE Primary School is a primary school in Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Grasmere 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 | 8.5 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 child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 8.5 miles away, the longest of 13 Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 30% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 13 first-choice applications for 10 offers; 10 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 6.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.1% 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
- Stock Lane, Grasmere, Ambleside, LA22 9SJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 89 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “This welcoming school sits at the heart of its community.”
- “Pupils’ best interests are at the centre of the school’s work.”
- “Staff forge strong relationships with pupils and get to know their families well.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not achieve equally well in writing.”
- “Pupils are not given effective opportunities to develop their writing skills across a range of subjects.”
- “As a result, some pupils are not confident writers by the end of Year 6.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 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) | 80% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Langdale CofE School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ambleside CofE Primary School 2.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School 5.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coniston CofE Primary School 6.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Patterdale CofE Primary School 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere 7.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Goodly Dale Primary School 7.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School 7.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published