Tebay Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Penrith, 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 🔒
Tebay Primary School is a primary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Some aspects not as strong, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Tebay 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome (3 June 2025) was Some aspects not as strong, following Good (10 March 2020); 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Westmorland and Furness are Good.
- In Reception 2025 every 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 4 first-choice applications for 4 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 12th highest of 111 Westmorland and Furness primary schools.
- Of its pupils, 32.7% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.5% 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
- Tebay, Penrith, CA10 3XB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 49 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Tebay, a school that sits at the heart of its rural community.”
- “Staff care deeply for pupils and relationships are positive.”
- “There is no doubt that the school has high expectations of pupils’ achievement.”
To improve
- “Despite this, pupils receive a mixed quality of education.”
- “However, this is not consistent throughout the school.”
- “Some pupils do not learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 4 first-preference applications, 4 offers in total, 4 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.
- Orton CofE School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grayrigg CofE School 5.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Selside Endowed CofE Primary School 5.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crosby Ravensworth CofE School 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Asby Endowed School 6.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shap Endowed CofE Primary School 7.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sedbergh Primary School 8.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Primary School 8.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published