Ambleside CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Ambleside, 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 🔒
Ambleside CofE Primary School is a primary school in Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 28 February 2024. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Ambleside 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 | 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
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 25% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 75% was the 3rd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness that have results.
- For Reception 2026 there were 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; every Reception 2025 applicant was also offered a place.
- Free school meals: 21.2% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 14.9% 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
- Vicarage Road, Ambleside, LA22 9DH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 52 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel the real benefit of the school's aim for them to learn in an environment where everyone feels secure, valued, respected and understood.”
- “The Christian values of the school help to realise this.”
- “Pupils model the school value of friendship in the calm and considerate way in which they interact with one another and with staff.”
To improve
- “However, there remain a small number of subjects other than reading, writing and mathematics where pupils are not supported to learn as well as they could.”
- “However, there remain a small number of subjects where some key content is not taught in sufficient depth and detail.”
- “As such, pupils’ knowledge in these areas is limited.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 September 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) | 75% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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.
- Grasmere CofE Primary School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Langdale CofE School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere 4.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Goodly Dale Primary School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coniston CofE Primary School 6.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Staveley CofE School 6.9 mi Not judged Last distance published