Langdale CofE School

Langdale CofE School is currently underperforming and requires significant improvement. Despite having high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), the overall achievement levels have not met expectations. This decline in educational quality has been overseen by the governors, who have not effectively challenged leaders regarding curriculum quality and pupil achievement. As a result, pupils struggle to retain knowledge and often face difficulties in their progression, especially in literacy and numeracy, while attendance rates are below national averages.

Strengths

• Leaders have high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Pupils with additional needs receive timely and effective support.
• Pupils enjoy a broad range of extracurricular activities and trips.
• Pupils report feeling safe and supported within the school.

Areas for Improvement

• The school requires significant improvement in overall performance.
• Pupils are not well prepared for the next stage of education.
• There is inconsistency in implementing behaviour expectations.
• Teachers struggle to connect new knowledge with prior learning.
• Some children in early years do not build the necessary knowledge for Year 1.

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 Langdale CofE School attended 91.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 33.3% 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, 3.0% of pupils at Langdale 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 Langdale CofE School had 8.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.0% 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, 19.4% of pupils at Langdale CofE School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Langdale CofE School received £15,751 and spent £16,664 for each of its 31 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £19,000 (-£602 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 Langdale CofE School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langdale CofE School is Urgent improvement, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Langdale CofE School last inspected by Ofsted?

Langdale CofE School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Langdale CofE School have?

Langdale CofE School has 31 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langdale CofE School cover?

Langdale CofE School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Langdale CofE School?

Langdale CofE School is at Chapel Stile, Great Langdale, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9JE.