Ingleton Primary School

Ingleton Primary School is a good school across all inspected areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Inspectors found a warm, caring and inclusive community where pupils are happy, confident and safe, behave respectfully, achieve well and are prepared well for the next stage of their education. Strong pastoral care, high expectations and a broad, ambitious curriculum underpin the school’s work, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first graded inspection under section 5; the headteacher has been in post since April 2025. Notable strengths include consistent and successful phonics teaching, effective support for pupils with SEND, a strong focus on vocabulary and high-quality talk, and a wide range of personal development opportunities, including clubs, outdoor learning and pupil responsibilities. Governors are highly skilled and staff feel their workload and well-being are prioritised. However, the key stage 2 reading curriculum is not planned in sufficient detail, so some older pupils do not achieve as well as they could. Assessment in some wider curriculum subjects is also inconsistent, which can delay identifying and addressing gaps in pupils’ knowledge.

Strengths

• Warm, caring relationships and a strong sense of community
• Pupils are happy, confident, safe and respectful
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that meets national curriculum demands
• Consistent and successful phonics teaching with effective catch-up support
• Strong focus on vocabulary and high-quality talk across the school
• Accurate identification and effective support for pupils with SEND
• Positive behaviour policy built on praise and respectful relationships
• Wide range of clubs, responsibilities and personal development opportunities
• Outdoor learning that builds confidence, resilience and curiosity
• Effective leadership and highly skilled, knowledgeable governors
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Key stage 2 reading curriculum is not planned in sufficient detail or progression
• Some older pupils do not achieve as well as they could in reading
• Assessment systems in some wider curriculum subjects are inconsistent
• Gaps in pupils’ knowledge are not always identified and addressed swiftly

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 Ingleton Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.2% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Ingleton Primary 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 Ingleton Primary School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.2% 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, 8.9% of pupils at Ingleton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Ingleton Primary School received £6,189 and spent £6,008 for each of its 178 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £126,000 (£706 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 Ingleton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ingleton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Ingleton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ingleton Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Ingleton Primary School have?

Ingleton Primary School has 191 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ingleton Primary School cover?

Ingleton Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Ingleton Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ingleton Primary School?

Ingleton Primary School is at Low Demesne, Ingleton, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 3DY.