Kirkoswald CofE School — School information

About the school

Kirkoswald CofE 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.

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Latest inspection: 1 July 2025
Published: 18 September 2025
Inspection type: S5 Inspection
Latest outcome: Not judged

Previous inspection framework

These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.

Overall effectiveness

Not judged

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding

Yes

Early years

Good

Sixth form

Not applicable

Results and school context

Key Stage 2 results

9 pupils

Combined attainment

Reading, writing and maths expected standard

School: 67%
Westmorland and Furness: 58%
England: 62%

Reading, writing and maths higher standard

School: 22%
Westmorland and Furness: 6%
England: 8%

Subject attainment

Reading expected standard

School: 78%
Westmorland and Furness: 74%
England: 75%

Writing expected standard

School: 78%
Westmorland and Furness: 69%
England: 72%

Maths expected standard

School: 78%
Westmorland and Furness: 73%
England: 74%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected

School: 78%
Westmorland and Furness: 71%
England: 73%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher

School: 44%
Westmorland and Furness: 23%
England: 30%

Science expected standard

School: 78%
Westmorland and Furness: 82%
England: 82%

Scaled scores

Reading average scaled score

School: 106
Westmorland and Furness: 105
England: 106

Maths average scaled score

School: 106
Westmorland and Furness: 104
England: 105

Grammar average scaled score

School: 108
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

50

Girls

42.00%

Boys

58.00%

SEN support

6.00%

Education, health and care plan

0.00%

English as an additional language

0.00%

Eligible for free school meals in the past six years

53.19%

Overall absence

2.87

Persistent absence

2.33