Burton Morewood CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Main Street, Burton-in-Kendal, Carnforth, LA6 1ND – View on map
- Phone: 01524781627
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Richard Wilson
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 20 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 20 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 21
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.2%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the Westmorland and Furness average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.3% a year (Westmorland and Furness 12.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 67% moved to another school, 33% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Westmorland and Furness: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Westmorland and Furness, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Westmorland and Furness average (58%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 51% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 51%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 60% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 60%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 20 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 50th of 98 junior and primary schools in the area
- =48Holy Family Catholic Primary School62%
- =48Warcop CofE Primary School62%
- =50Burton Morewood CofE Primary School60%
- =50Flookburgh CofE Primary School60%
- =50Greengate Junior School60%
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16th of 82 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for Ofsted rating
- #14Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
- #15Burlington CofE SchoolGood
- #16Burton Morewood CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #17Calthwaite CofE SchoolGood
- #18Cartmel CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,308 (2024-25)
87th of 101 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for spending per pupil
- #85Pennington CofE School£6,419
- #86Sedbergh Primary School£6,361
- #87Burton Morewood CofE Primary School£6,308
- #88Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery£6,298
- #89Ghyllside Primary School£6,274
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