Appleby Primary School
Primary · Foundation 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 🔒
Appleby Primary School is a primary school in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Appleby 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, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 50% was 2nd lowest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness that have results.
- Reception 2026 drew 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 22 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.6 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
- Station Road, Appleby-in-Westmorland, CA16 6TX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 163 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud members of this happy and caring school.”
- “They enjoy strong relationships with staff and with each other.”
- “Pupils value the opportunities that they have to take on positions of responsibility.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the work that pupils are given does not match well enough with the aims of the curriculum.”
- “This means that, at times, the delivery of the curriculum in some subjects does not ensure that pupils learn as well as they should.”
- “In 2023, the published key stage 1 writing outcomes were low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 50% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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.
- Long Marton School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bolton Primary School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Kirkby Thore School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Asby Endowed School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Warcop CofE Primary School 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crosby Ravensworth CofE School 5.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Morland Area CofE Primary School 5.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Milburn School 5.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published