Allonby Primary School

Allonby Primary School is performing well overall, rated as 'Good' across all key areas including the quality of education, behavior, and leadership. The school fosters a nurturing environment where pupils thrive and develop positive relationships with peers and staff. Notably, the school places a strong emphasis on inclusive practices, particularly for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and most pupils achieve well across subjects. The school has also established an engaging curriculum that includes outdoor learning and a variety of enrichment activities.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a close-knit and nurturing school community
• Strong emphasis on inclusive practices for pupils with SEND
• Broad and knowledge-rich curriculum that engages students
• Effective support provided for struggling readers
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff
• Pupils demonstrate mature attitudes and respect for diversity
• Various opportunities for outdoor learning and enrichment activities
• High-quality phonics instruction for early readers

Areas for Improvement

• Staff occasionally do not address pupils' errors quickly enough
• Inconsistent delivery of the phonics programme by some staff

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Allonby Primary School attended 91.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2022–23, 0.0% of pupils at Allonby Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 0.8%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Allonby Primary School had 27.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2020–21, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.4%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 44.4% of pupils at Allonby Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Allonby Primary School received £13,395 and spent £13,458 for each of its 27 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £2,000 (-£64 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Allonby Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Allonby Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Allonby Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Allonby Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Allonby Primary School have?

Allonby Primary School has 27 pupils on roll.

What age range does Allonby Primary School cover?

Allonby Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Allonby Primary School?

Allonby Primary School is at Moss Lane, Allonby, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 6QG.