Leven Valley CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · ULVERSTON, 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 🔒
Leven Valley CofE Primary School is a primary school in ULVERSTON, Westmorland and Furness for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Leven Valley 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
- 1.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness.
- For 2026 Reception entry, 7 first-choice applications came for 9 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Backbarrow, Leven Valley Ce Primary School, ULVERSTON, LA12 8QF
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 68 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Positive relationships lie at the heart of this happy, calm school.”
- “Pupils and children in the early years are respectful to each other and have developed strong bonds with the nurturing staff.”
- “They are clear that anyone would be welcome at this small, friendly school.”
To improve
- “However, the school does not focus this support sharply enough on pupils’ precise gaps in phonics knowledge.”
- “This does not help them to catch up quickly when they fall behind.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 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) | 64% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 7 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.
- Penny Bridge CofE School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cartmel CofE Primary School 3.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lindale CofE Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Dean Barwick Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Allithwaite CofE Primary School 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grange CofE Primary School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Flookburgh CofE Primary School 5.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Church Walk CofE Primary School 5.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published