Inglewood Junior School

Inglewood Junior School is a junior school with 256 pupils, serving a community with above-average deprivation. A high proportion of pupils are eligible for free school meals (42.58%) and the proportion with education, health and care plans (8.20%) is well above average. Safeguarding standards are met. Inspectors found the school fulfils expected standards in attendance and behaviour, inclusion, and personal development and wellbeing. Attendance is now in line with national figures, persistent absence is reducing quickly, pupils behave well and feel safe, and inclusion support is effective, particularly for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils. However, achievement, curriculum and teaching, and leadership and governance need attention. Published outcomes have been consistently below national averages, and recent curriculum changes have not yet improved attainment for all pupils. Some pupils have gaps in essential knowledge, especially in writing, and in some subjects they do not remember prior learning. The curriculum is not clearly designed or sequenced in every subject, teachers' assessment is inconsistent, and learning tasks do not always match intended learning. As a result, some pupils are not ready for the next stage of their education. Leaders understand the school's context and have taken appropriate action on attendance and behaviour, and staff feel well supported. But improvement plans lack precision, curriculum monitoring does not give a full picture across all subjects, and governors are not able to challenge the impact of leaders' work in enough detail. The next steps focus on strengthening curriculum monitoring, securing writing foundations, sequencing subjects clearly, establishing consistent assessment, and aligning tasks with the intended curriculum.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met and pupils feel safe.
• Attendance is now in line with national figures and persistent absence is reducing quickly.
• Pupils behave well, understand routines and show respect at social times.
• Staff consistently support pupils with SEND to manage behaviour and emotions.
• Inclusion is effective, with early identification and well-matched support for additional needs.
• Disadvantaged pupils' attainment is improving, especially in reading and mathematics.
• Pupils with SEND make progress across the curriculum.
• Personal development is broad and well designed, covering safety, relationships and mental health.
• Pupils show a mature understanding of healthy relationships, consent and British values.
• A wide range of clubs, trips and responsibilities builds confidence and aspiration.
• Staff feel well supported, and leaders focus on wellbeing and workload.
• Governors meet statutory duties and leaders build positive relationships with parents.
• Phonics is delivered well and the mathematics curriculum is well ordered.
• Art teaching is clear and pupils understand how to improve their work.

Areas for Improvement

• Published outcomes are consistently below national averages in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Pupils have gaps in essential knowledge, especially in writing.
• Spelling, handwriting and punctuation work is recent and gaps remain.
• In some subjects, pupils do not remember prior learning.
• Staff do not consistently identify errors in pupils' work.
• The curriculum is not clearly designed or sequenced in every subject.
• Teachers lack a consistent approach to checking pupils' understanding.
• Learning tasks do not always align with the intended curriculum.
• Recent curriculum changes have not improved attainment for all pupils.
• Some pupils are not ready for the next stage of their education.
• Leaders' improvement plans are not precise enough to tackle historic weaknesses.
• Leaders' curriculum checks do not give a full picture across all subjects.
• Governors' view of curriculum and achievement is not detailed enough to challenge effectively.

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 Inglewood Junior School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.6% 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, 3.1% of pupils at Inglewood Junior 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 Inglewood Junior School had 20.1 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, 15.3% of pupils at Inglewood Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.7% 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 Inglewood Junior School received £8,555 and spent £8,347 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £163,000 (£711 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 Inglewood Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Inglewood Junior School is Needs attention, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Inglewood Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Inglewood Junior School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Inglewood Junior School have?

Inglewood Junior School has 229 pupils on roll.

What age range does Inglewood Junior School cover?

Inglewood Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Inglewood Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Inglewood Junior School?

Inglewood Junior School is at Arnside Road, Harraby, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 3QA.