Braithwaite CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Keswick · CA12 5TD · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
- Absence3.9%
- FSM8.3%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 134789
St Herbert's CofE (VA) Primary and Nursery School
Voluntary aided school · Keswick · CA12 4HZ
Ages 3–11 · 266 pupils · Cumberland
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
57%
Overall absence
4.3%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-02-21
- 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)57%
Higher standard (RWM)17%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.4%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 226
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
28
Places offered
28
1st-preference offers
28
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 33
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 28
- Applications from outside LA
- 6
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 3
- 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 fill87%
266 pupils · 305 places
- Pupils on roll
- 266
- Boys / girls
- 129 / 137
- School capacity
- 305
- Capacity fill
- 266 / 305 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 5.4%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided 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
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Craig
Location
- Address
- Trinity Way
- Postcode
- CA12 4HZ
- Town
- Keswick
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- District
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Keswick, Cumberland, 266 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 5.4%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Carlisle.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Threlkeld CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Keswick · CA12 4RX · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 3–11
- KS230%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM10.5%
- Demand1.00
3.0 miles away
Keswick School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Keswick · CA12 5QB · Cumberland
Ages 11–18
- Att854.1
- P80.4
- EM5+66%
- Absence7.5%
1.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Craig
- Telephone
- 01768773017