Crosscanonby St John's CofE School

Crosscanonby St John's CofE School has demonstrated overall good performance across various domains, including the quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. The school offers a supportive environment where pupils are well-mannered, happy, and contribute positively to the community. The curriculum is ambitious and largely effective, preparing most pupils well for their educational journey, while providing ample opportunities for enrichment through extracurricular activities and school trips.

Strengths

• Pupils contribute to a calm and positive school environment
• Early years provision supports children well to settle and thrive
• Most pupils, including those with SEND, achieve well
• Ambitious curriculum designed to prepare pupils for their education
• Strong subject knowledge among staff helps pupils learn effectively
• School promotes positive contributions to local and international charities

Areas for Improvement

• A small number of curriculums recently developed need to ensure sufficient challenge
• Some gaps in pupils' phonics knowledge are not addressed promptly

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 Crosscanonby St John's CofE School attended 90.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 28.9% 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 Crosscanonby St John's CofE 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 Crosscanonby St John's CofE School had 10.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 65.5% 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 Crosscanonby St John's CofE School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.8% 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 Crosscanonby St John's CofE School received £12,804 and spent £12,991 for each of its 51 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £13,000 (-£256 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 Crosscanonby St John's CofE School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crosscanonby St John's CofE School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Crosscanonby St John's CofE School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crosscanonby St John's CofE School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Crosscanonby St John's CofE School have?

Crosscanonby St John's CofE School has 51 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crosscanonby St John's CofE School cover?

Crosscanonby St John's CofE School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Crosscanonby St John's CofE School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 18% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Crosscanonby St John's CofE School?

Crosscanonby St John's CofE School is at Garborough Close, Crosby, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 6RX.