Bolton Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Appleby-in-Westmorland · CA16 6AW · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 4–11
- KS280%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM12.5%
- Demand1.00
1.9 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 112182
Long Marton School
Community school · Appleby-in-Westmorland · CA16 6BT
Ages 3–11 · 81 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
31%
Overall absence
4.2%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-09-23
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)31%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)5.6%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 72
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
8
Places offered
8
1st-preference offers
8
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 17
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 8
- 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 fill98%
81 pupils · 83 places
- Pupils on roll
- 81
- Boys / girls
- 37 / 44
- School capacity
- 83
- Capacity fill
- 81 / 83 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 16%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Bardgett
Location
- Address
- Long Marton
- Postcode
- CA16 6BT
- Town
- Appleby-in-Westmorland
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- 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 community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Westmorland and Furness, 81 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 16%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Kirkby Thore School
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Penrith · CA10 1UU · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 3–11
- Absence8.4%
- FSM9.1%
2.0 miles away
Appleby Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFoundation school · Primary
Appleby-in-Westmorland · CA16 6TX · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 3–11
- KS256%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM17.2%
- Demand1.00
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Bardgett
- Telephone
- 01768361397