Yanwath 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 🔒
Yanwath Primary School is a primary school in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Westmorland and Furness has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Yanwath 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, 100% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 33% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2025, as at 23 of the 96 other Westmorland and Furness primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 22 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 23.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.7 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
- Yanwath, Penrith, CA10 2LA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Pupils on roll
- 166 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this school.”
- “They are highly motivated to learn, which is reflected in pupils' consistently high rates of attendance.”
- “Pupils develop caring and respectful relationships with their peers and with staff.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects beyond English and mathematics, pupils’ knowledge does not develop as deeply.”
- “For example, leaders identified that a sharper focus was needed on improving some pupils’ fluency and skill in handwriting.”
- “Leaders have also rightly identified that teaching in some subjects beyond English and mathematics is not of the same consistently high quality.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 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) | 100% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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.
- North Lakes School 1.2 mi Good
- Clifton Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brunswick School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stainton CofE Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beaconside CofE Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lowther Endowed School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greystoke Primary School 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published