Patterdale 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 🔒
Patterdale 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 18 May 2022. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Patterdale 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
- The school has 23 pupils on roll (January 2026) and a published admission number of 6 places for Reception 2027.
- There are 9.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
- Some 4.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness is 9.8%.
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
- Patterdale, Penrith, CA11 0NL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 23 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils have a strong sense of belonging at this small school.”
- “Staff genuinely care for each child.”
- “They quickly build relationships that help pupils to feel safe and valued as unique individuals.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not always achieve as well as they could.”
- “This is because of inconsistencies in teaching.”
- “Leaders do not prioritise basic skills, so some pupils find it tricky to form letters correctly.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 0 first-preference applications, 0 offers in total, 0 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.
- Grasmere CofE Primary School 6.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ambleside CofE Primary School 7.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Threlkeld CofE Primary School 7.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Penruddock Primary School 7.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Langdale CofE School 8.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stainton CofE Primary School 9.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greystoke Primary School 9.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Yanwath Primary School 10.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published