Patterdale CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Penrith · CA11 0NL
Ages 3–11 · 23 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
33%
Overall absence
3.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-07-05
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 99.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 2.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 28
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
23 pupils · 42 places
- Pupils on roll
- 23
- Boys / girls
- 13 / 10
- School capacity
- 42
- Capacity fill
- 23 / 42 (55%)
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
- FSM pupils
- 1
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 3–11
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 aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Steels
Location
- Address
- Patterdale
- Postcode
- CA11 0NL
- 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 3–11, in Penrith, Westmorland and Furness, 23 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 4.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Carlisle.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Steels
- Telephone
- 01768482383