Church Walk 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 🔒
Church Walk CofE Primary School is a primary school in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Church Walk 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, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 14 offers, 0.7 per offer and the 2nd lowest of 111 Westmorland and Furness primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 4 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 8%, against a middle figure of 6.5% 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
- Church Walk, Ulverston, LA12 7EN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 88 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils have positive relationships with staff and with each other.”
- “They know that they can share their worries with trusted adults at school.”
- “Children in the early years enjoy engaging with the nurturing staff.”
To improve
- “However, there are occasions, during lessons, where some pupils become disengaged.”
- “This distracts others from their learning.”
- “While pupils are keen to learn, the quality of their work in books does not consistently reflect positive attitudes to learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2026 (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) | 69% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 14 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.
- Sir John Barrow School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Croftlands Infant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Croftlands Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Pennington CofE School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lindal and Marton Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Penny Bridge CofE School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Low Furness CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published