St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Carnforth, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Carnforth, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's 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 | 3 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
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 3 miles away, the 4th longest of 13 Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 31 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% 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
- Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2DN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thoroughly enjoy attending this vibrant, welcoming school.”
- “They are excited to come into school each day.”
- “Pupils flourish due to the supportive, caring relationships that they form with staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 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) | 70% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 29 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.
- Burton Morewood CofE Primary School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Holme Primary School 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's CofE School 5.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beetham CofE Primary School 6.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Hutton CofE School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Milnthorpe Primary School 6.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Crosscrake CofE Primary School 7.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dent CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School 7.9 mi Good Last distance published