Croftlands Infant School

Croftlands Infant School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all domains evaluated. The school creates a welcoming and friendly environment where pupils are happy and eager to learn. They have made significant improvements to the curriculum since the last inspection, promoting good behavior, high expectations, and strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. However, there are areas for improvement in clarifying essential knowledge in a few subjects and enhancing assessment strategies to ensure all pupils' learning needs are met effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enjoy attending school.
• The school fosters good behavior and respect among pupils.
• Pupils with SEND receive effective support to follow the curriculum.
• High priority is given to reading, with effective early reading programs in place.
• The school provides a wide range of enriching experiences beyond the classroom.

Areas for Improvement

• Key knowledge for a few subjects is not clearly identified.
• Assessment strategies in some areas are underdeveloped, leading to gaps in learning.
• Some staff lack up-to-date training on safeguarding practices.

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 Croftlands Infant School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.1% 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 Croftlands Infant 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 Croftlands Infant School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.3% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Croftlands Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Croftlands Infant School received £10,808 and spent £13,338 for each of its 121 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £983,000 (-£8,127 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 Croftlands Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Croftlands Infant School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Croftlands Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Croftlands Infant School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Croftlands Infant School have?

Croftlands Infant School has 119 pupils on roll.

What age range does Croftlands Infant School cover?

Croftlands Infant School for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Croftlands Infant School?

Croftlands Infant School is at Oakwood Drive, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9JU.