Plumpton School

Plumpton School demonstrates solid overall performance with safeguarding standards fully met, ensuring a caring and supportive environment for pupils. The school excels in fostering positive relationships and prioritizing pupils' wellbeing, effectively addressing attendance and behavioral issues. Despite notable strengths, curriculum implementation and educational outcomes, particularly in mathematics, require attention. Leaders are committed to addressing these gaps and have initiated actions showing positive impacts, although long-term effects remain to be seen.

Strengths

• Strong focus on safeguarding and pupil wellbeing
• High levels of attendance above the national average
• Caring school environment with clear behavioral expectations
• Proactive communication with parents and carers
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• High-quality phonics program supporting early reading

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in teaching leading to gaps in pupil knowledge
• Pupils have not achieved as well as expected in mathematics
• Lack of clarity in the early years curriculum hindering progression
• Governors' oversight of curriculum quality and impact is not rigorous enough

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 Plumpton School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.2% 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 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Plumpton School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 Plumpton School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 9.8% of pupils at Plumpton School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Plumpton School received £7,671 and spent £7,692 for each of its 102 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £73,000 (£720 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 Plumpton School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Plumpton School is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Plumpton School last inspected by Ofsted?

Plumpton School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Plumpton School have?

Plumpton School has 102 pupils on roll.

What age range does Plumpton School cover?

Plumpton School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Plumpton School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Plumpton School?

Plumpton School is at Plumpton, Plumpton School, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9PA.