Burlington CofE School

Burlington CofE School is performing well overall, rated as good in all inspected areas including education quality, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school fosters a nurturing environment, promoting kindness and active citizenship among pupils. Most students, including those with special educational needs, are well-prepared for the next stages of their education, demonstrating high achievement and effective learning. Leaders focus on a broad and ambitious curriculum, ensuring opportunities for extracurricular activities that enhance pupil development.

Strengths

• Pupils are kind, polite, and happy in a nurturing environment.
• Leaders have high aspirations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Teachers use strong subject knowledge to assess pupil understanding effectively.
• Leaders prioritize reading, helping most pupils become confident readers.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of extracurricular activities.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a positive learning atmosphere.
• Leaders have established effective safeguarding measures.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not develop sufficient phonic knowledge due to occasional poor activity design.
• In a few subjects, teachers do not provide learning that deepens pupils' understanding.

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 Burlington CofE School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.5% 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 Burlington 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 Burlington CofE School had 23.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.5% 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, 27.6% of pupils at Burlington CofE School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% 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 Burlington CofE School received £9,539 and spent £9,625 for each of its 76 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £31,000 (-£406 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 Burlington CofE School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burlington CofE School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Burlington CofE School last inspected by Ofsted?

Burlington CofE School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Burlington CofE School have?

Burlington CofE School has 76 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burlington CofE School cover?

Burlington CofE School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Burlington CofE School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 36% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Burlington CofE School?

Burlington CofE School is at School Road, Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA17 7UH.