Warcop CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Appleby-in-Westmorland, 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 🔒
Warcop CofE Primary School is a primary school in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 November 2022. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Warcop 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, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 11 first-choice applications for 11 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 21.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.4% 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
- Warcop, Appleby-in-Westmorland, CA16 6NX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 85 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and keen to learn.”
- “They said that teachers are kind and caring.”
- “Parents and carers typically commented that staff are welcoming and willing to help.”
To improve
- “In these topic lessons, teachers sometimes do not focus sharply enough on the subject-specific knowledge that pupils need to learn.”
- “This means pupils sometimes are not quite secure in parts of their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 December 2022 (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) | 62% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 11 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.
- Brough Community Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Asby Endowed School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Appleby Primary School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Kirkby Stephen Primary School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Long Marton School 7.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crosby Ravensworth CofE School 7.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bolton Primary School 8.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Orton CofE School 8.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published