Morland Area CofE Primary 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 🔒
Morland Area CofE Primary School is a primary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Morland Area 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, 100% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 25% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 23.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.3 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
- Morland, Penrith, CA10 3AT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 119 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this extremely nurturing school, which sits at the heart of its rural community.”
- “Pupils are happy and know that staff care about them.”
- “The strong relationships fostered between the school and families help children in the early years to settle quickly.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, when gaps in learning are not identified swifty, it sometimes leads to some pupils developing misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 100% | 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: 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.
- Bolton Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Temple Sowerby CofE Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kirkby Thore School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lowther Endowed School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Long Marton School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crosby Ravensworth CofE School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shap Endowed CofE Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published