Frizington Community Primary School

Frizington Community Primary School delivers a good quality of education, fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment where pupils thrive. The school has high expectations for learning and strives for pupils to become lifelong learners. Notable aspects include a well-structured curriculum that emphasizes the local history and geography, alongside a strong focus on reading across all year groups. However, improvements are needed in a few subjects where misconceptions and gaps in knowledge are not consistently addressed.

Strengths

• Pupils develop positive relationships with staff and each other.
• The school has a well-thought-out and ambitious curriculum.
• Staff are effectively developed to deliver the curriculum.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and can access the same curriculum.
• The school prioritizes reading with effective phonics instruction.
• Pupils behave well and contribute positively to the school atmosphere.
• There are strong partnerships with parents to support pupil education.

Areas for Improvement

• In a minority of subjects, staff do not consistently address pupils' misconceptions or gaps in knowledge.

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 Frizington Community Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.7% 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 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Frizington Community Primary 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 Frizington Community Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% 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, 16.5% of pupils at Frizington Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.4% 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 Frizington Community Primary School received £8,636 and spent £8,678 for each of its 109 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £80,000 (£732 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 Frizington Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Frizington Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Frizington Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Frizington Community Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Frizington Community Primary School have?

Frizington Community Primary School has 109 pupils on roll.

What age range does Frizington Community Primary School cover?

Frizington Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Frizington Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Frizington Community Primary School?

Frizington Community Primary School is at Main Street, Frizington, Cumbria, CA26 3PF.