Beckermet CofE School

Beckermet CofE School remains a good institution where pupils enjoy learning and feel safe. The school environment is supportive and nurturing, with staff fostering positive relationships and strong values among students. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, providing students with a variety of opportunities, including extensive extra-curricular activities. Leaders have maintained high expectations for academic performance while ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, are well-equipped for their next steps in education. While the school shows many strengths, there are minor areas for improvement related to assessment practices in some subjects. A small number of teachers are not fully aware of how well pupils retain key knowledge over time, which can lead to gaps in their understanding. Despite these challenges, the school's overall performance is commendable, and parents express high levels of satisfaction with the education their children receive.

Strengths

• Pupils have positive attitudes and enjoy attending school.
• The school promotes a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• Effective phonics programme supports early reading success.
• Leaders and staff are skilled and well-equipped to deliver the curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on reading and a well-resourced library.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and achieve confidently.
• A wealth of extra-curricular opportunities enhances pupil engagement.
• Governors provide effective oversight and support for the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment strategies in a few subjects are less developed, leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge.

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 Beckermet CofE School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.1% 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 Beckermet 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 Beckermet CofE School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.3% 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, 20.5% of pupils at Beckermet CofE School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 Beckermet CofE School received £8,813 and spent £8,558 for each of its 73 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £83,000 (£1,140 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 Beckermet CofE School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Beckermet CofE School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beckermet CofE School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Beckermet CofE School have?

Beckermet CofE School has 73 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beckermet CofE School cover?

Beckermet CofE School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beckermet CofE School?

Beckermet CofE School is at Mill Lane, Beckermet, Cumbria, CA21 2YD.