Fellview Primary School

Fellview Primary School is a small, caring primary where pupils are happy, safe and fully included. Inspectors found a strong culture of mutual respect and collaboration, exemplary behaviour and high attendance, with older pupils acting as positive role models and taking on leadership roles. The curriculum is ambitious and broad, early years provision helps children quickly develop language and speaking skills, and reading is a central strength across the school. Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported well, and a wide range of trips, visits, outdoor learning and leadership opportunities enrich pupils’ experiences. The school’s leadership and governance are effective, staff feel well supported and workloads and well-being are prioritised. The inspection was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was graded under the current framework without an overall effectiveness grade. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main area for improvement is that in some subjects, including PSHE, curriculum delivery does not consistently help pupils connect new learning to what they already know. As a result, some pupils struggle to remember important knowledge. PSHE is less well developed in some aspects, and pupils do not always recall key information about different ways of life.

Strengths

• Strong culture of mutual respect and collaboration
• Pupils feel happy, safe and fully included
• Behaviour is exemplary, with older pupils acting as role models
• Pupils have high attendance and enjoy learning
• Ambitious and broad curriculum across the school
• Early years provision quickly develops children’s language and speaking skills
• Reading is a central strength, with fluent and confident readers
• SEND pupils are identified quickly and supported well
• Pupils benefit from trips, visits, theatre, choir and outdoor learning
• Leadership and governance are effective and staff feel well supported
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, curriculum delivery does not consistently connect new learning to prior knowledge
• Some pupils struggle to remember important knowledge because links are not made clear enough
• Some aspects of the PSHE curriculum are less well developed
• Pupils do not always remember key information about different ways of life

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 Fellview Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.9% 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 Fellview 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 Fellview Primary School had 12.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 39.4% 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, 25.0% of pupils at Fellview Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Fellview Primary School received £13,383 and spent £13,869 for each of its 40 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £16,000 (-£401 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 Fellview Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Fellview Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Fellview Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Fellview Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Fellview Primary School have?

Fellview Primary School has 40 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fellview Primary School cover?

Fellview Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 0% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Fellview Primary School?

Fellview Primary School is at Caldbeck, Fellview Primary School, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 8HF.