Penny Bridge CofE School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4 miles
Published by Westmorland and Furness Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Penny Bridge CofE School is a primary school in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Penny Bridge 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 2026 | 4 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 4 miles away, 2nd longest of the 13 Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 23 first-choice applications for 15 offers; all 15 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place.
- Its 1.5 first choices per Reception 2026 offer was the highest of 111 Westmorland and Furness primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% 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
- Greenodd, Ulverston, LA12 7RQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 123 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to attend this school.”
- “The school expects pupils to achieve well, and they do.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), leave the school well prepared for the next stage in their education.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the school does not use assessment information to gain a secure understanding of pupils’ learning over time.”
- “This hampers its ability to refine these subject curriculums so that pupils can achieve the best possible outcomes.”
- “The school has not considered the gaps that some pupils have in their knowledge as a result of weaknesses in previous curriculums.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 September 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) | 58% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Leven Valley CofE Primary School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Church Walk CofE Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sir John Barrow School 3.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Croftlands Infant School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Croftlands Junior School 3.9 mi School remains Good
- Pennington CofE School 4.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Burlington CofE School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published