Gosforth CofE Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Seascale · CA20 1AZ · Cumberland
Ages 2–11
- KS267%
- Absence3.5%
- FSM3.1%
2.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 112163
Seascale Primary School
Community school · Seascale · CA20 1LZ
Ages 4–11 · 97 pupils · Cumberland
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
16%
Overall absence
7.1%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-01-24
- 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)16%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 95.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 96.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.8%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 5.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 101
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill59%
97 pupils · 164 places
- Pupils on roll
- 97
- Boys / girls
- 54 / 43
- School capacity
- 164
- Capacity fill
- 97 / 164 (59%)
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
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 Laura Storey
Location
- Address
- Crofthead Road, Seascale
- Postcode
- CA20 1LZ
- Town
- Seascale
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- District
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Urban/rural
- Larger 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 4–11, in Seascale, Cumberland, 97 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 13.4%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Storey
- Telephone
- 01946728403