Orton CofE School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Orton
Penrith
Cumbria
CA10 3RG
Phone 01539624268
Reference Number 112419

Orton CofE School continues to demonstrate good performance, providing a positive environment where pupils feel happy and engaged in their learning. Leaders and staff are ambitious, aiming for academic success alongside a broad range of extracurricular activities. Most students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve well, thanks to high expectations set by teachers and effective support strategies in place. However, there are still a few subjects where the curriculum is not fully developed, which may lead to some gaps in learning as pupils progress.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 53
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.28%
Girls: 54.72%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 17.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 1 1 2
2 4 3 7
3 4 7 11
4 4 4 8
5 4 3 7
6 2 5 7

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 98.1%
White, Other 1.9%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 14 Jun 2022
Date Report
14 Jun 2022 School inspection
28 Mar 2017 Short inspection
19 Feb 2013 Full inspection:
08 Jun 2011 Full inspection:
10 Oct 2007 Full inspection:
07 Feb 2007 Curriculum and development visit
06 May 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils enjoy a happy and respectful learning environment.
  • High expectations for behaviour contribute to a positive atmosphere.
  • Effective phonics and early reading curriculum supports young learners.
  • Broad and engaging curriculum is mostly well developed.
  • Strong commitment to raising awareness of diversity and community involvement.
  • Pupils benefit from various extracurricular activities and trips.

Areas for Improvement

  • Curriculum development is not fully finalized in a small number of subjects.
  • Some reading materials do not align well with pupils' phonetic knowledge.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 57%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.6
Writing 1.4
Maths 0.4

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 0 0
Third Preference 1 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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