Langwathby CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Salkeld Road, Langwathby, Penrith, CA10 1ND – View on map
- Phone: 01768881295
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sally Hay
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 26 families put it first for 27 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 4
- % eligible for free school meals: 2.6%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Westmorland and Furness average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.9% a year (Westmorland and Furness 12.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 3.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Westmorland and Furness average (58%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 57% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 102
- Based on: 16 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 44th of 98 junior and primary schools in the area
- =44Brough Community Primary School63%
- =44Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School63%
- =44Langwathby CofE Primary School63%
- =44Storth CofE School63%
- =48Holy Family Catholic Primary School62%
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43rd of 82 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for Ofsted rating
- #41Kirkby Stephen Primary SchoolGood
- #42Kirkoswald CofE SchoolGood
- #43Langwathby CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #44Lazonby C of E Primary SchoolGood
- #45Levens CofE SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,935 (2024-25)
95th of 101 primary schools in Westmorland and Furness for spending per pupil
- #93Holy Family Catholic Primary School£6,021
- #94St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston£5,937
- #95Langwathby CofE Primary School£5,935
- #96St Mary's CofE Primary School£5,934
- #97Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, Kendal£5,790
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