Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy

Eaglesfield Paddle C of E Primary Academy has been assessed as providing a good overall quality of education, with particular strengths in behaviour and personal development, which have been rated as outstanding. The school, which was inspected for the first time since becoming an academy, demonstrates a calm and respectful atmosphere where pupils feel valued. Despite the challenging context of a significant gap since its last inspection, the school has shown high aspirations for all its pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and most students achieve well.

Strengths

• Pupils display outstanding behaviour and positive attitudes.
• Strong personal development program that prepares pupils for modern life.
• High-quality relationships between staff and pupils foster a supportive environment.
• Ambitious curriculum that supports academic achievement.
• Effective phonics program that helps early readers.
• Numerous extracurricular opportunities that enhance pupils' talents.

Areas for Improvement

• Staff occasionally fail to address knowledge gaps in a timely manner, hindering some pupils' progress.

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 Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy attended 97.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.9% 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 Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy 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 Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 10.4% of pupils at Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 2024–25 Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy received £6,885 and spent £6,460 for each of its 200 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £101,000 (£505 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy have?

Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy has 193 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy cover?

Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy for pupils aged 0 to 11.

What are Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy?

Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy is at Eaglesfield, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0QY.