Ambleside CofE Primary School
About the school
Ambleside CofE Primary School is an open primary school in Westmorland and Furness.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 28 February 2024
- Published
- 29 April 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 58%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 25%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 69%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 88%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 75%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 71%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 38%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 23%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Westmorland and Furness
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 109
- Westmorland and Furness
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 110
- Westmorland and Furness
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Westmorland and Furness
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
64
Girls
42.19%
Boys
57.81%
SEN support
7.81%
Education, health and care plan
4.69%
English as an additional language
17.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
12.70%
Overall absence
4.15
Persistent absence
4.84