Kells Infant School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B78
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Whitehaven, CA28 9PQ
- Distance
- 0.1km away
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
High Road, Kells, Whitehaven, CA28 9PG
Local ranking36th of 143 primary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: Strong
Primary
Phase
180
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 76.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 12.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 96.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 25
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 190
- Boys
- 92 (48%)
- Girls
- 98 (52%)
- Capacity
- 180 (106% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.7%
- EAL
- 9.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,919/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.2%
- White Other: 4.7%
- Asian Indian: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Black Other: 0.5%
83.2%
White British
4.7%
White Other
4.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
High Road
Whitehaven, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112353
- UKPRN
- 10069812
- Establishment No.
- 3519
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