Arnside National CofE School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Carnforth, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Arnside National CofE School is a primary school in Carnforth, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Arnside National CofE 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2025 applicant was offered a place, as at 23 of the 96 other Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 28 places.
- In 2024/25, 88% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% 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
- Church Hill, Arnside, Carnforth, LA5 0DW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 95 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their small, friendly school.”
- “They know that their school holds a special place at the heart of their village community.”
- “Children in the early years enjoy exploring the exciting resources that adults provide indoors and outdoors.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, these opportunities are less clearly defined.”
- “This makes it more difficult for staff to ensure that pupils make such important connections in their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 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) | 88% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 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.
- Storth CofE School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beetham CofE Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lindale CofE Primary School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Milnthorpe Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Grange CofE Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Dean Barwick Primary School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holme Primary School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Allithwaite CofE Primary School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published