Sedbergh Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Sedbergh · LA10 5AL · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 3–11
- KS272%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM7.1%
- Demand1.00
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 137269
Settlebeck School
Academy converter · Sedbergh · LA10 5AL
Ages 11–16 · 203 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
47.8
Overall absence
9.5%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-05-20
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- 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 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.45
−20+2
Attainment 847.8
English & maths grade 5+43%
English & maths grade 4+71%
EBacc entry2%
EBacc APS: 3.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.0%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 8.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 217
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary 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
37
Places offered
37
1st-preference offers
36
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 67
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 37
- Applications from outside LA
- 11
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 6
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
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 fill92%
203 pupils · 220 places
- Pupils on roll
- 203
- Boys / girls
- 116 / 87
- School capacity
- 220
- Capacity fill
- 203 / 220 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 13.3%
- FSM pupils
- 27
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CHANGING LIVES LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- CHANGING LIVES LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Changing Lives Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Campbell
Location
- Address
- Long Lane
- Postcode
- LA10 5AL
- Town
- Sedbergh
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 9 on roll / 12 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Sedbergh, Westmorland and Furness, 203 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 13.3%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Other independent school
Sedbergh (La10 5hg) · LA10 5RY · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 13–19
- Att820.7
- EM5+0%
0.3 miles away
New to reading school data? See Ofsted ratings explained and how to compare schools.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Campbell
- Telephone
- 01539620383