Seascale Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Seascale · CA20 1LZ · Cumberland
Ages 4–11
- KS216%
- Absence7.1%
- FSM13.4%
- Demand1.00
2.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 112294
Gosforth CofE Primary School and Nursery
Voluntary controlled school · Seascale · CA20 1AZ
Ages 2–11 · 96 pupils · Cumberland
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
67%
Overall absence
3.5%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-03-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)67%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)2.0%
Unauthorised0.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 101
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
12
Places offered
12
1st-preference offers
12
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 17
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 12
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill69%
96 pupils · 140 places
- Pupils on roll
- 96
- Boys / girls
- 60 / 36
- School capacity
- 140
- Capacity fill
- 96 / 140 (69%)
- Free school meals
- 3.1%
- FSM pupils
- 3
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Leanne Long
Location
- Address
- Wasdale Road, Gosforth
- Postcode
- CA20 1AZ
- Town
- Seascale
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- District
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Seascale, Cumberland, 96 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 3.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Carlisle.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Leanne Long
- Telephone
- 01946725244