Clifton Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Penrith · CA10 2EG · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence3.5%
- FSM9.5%
2.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 112342
Lowther Endowed School
Voluntary aided school · Penrith · CA10 2HT
Ages 5–11 · 34 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
44%
Overall absence
4.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-06-09
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)44%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 99.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)16.3%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 3.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 43
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill32%
34 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 34
- Boys / girls
- 20 / 14
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 34 / 105 (32%)
- Free school meals
- 17.6%
- FSM pupils
- 6
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Clark
Location
- Address
- Hackthorpe
- Postcode
- CA10 2HT
- Town
- Penrith
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness, 34 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 17.6%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Clark
- Telephone
- 01931712344