Tebay Primary School

Tebay Primary School is performing well overall, demonstrating good quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. Located in a rural community, the school provides a caring environment where pupils thrive. Parents appreciate the school's commitment to fostering respect, responsibility, and resilience among students. The curriculum is designed to engage pupils, with a strong emphasis on reading and mathematics, leading to good achievement in these areas. However, there are identified areas for improvement, particularly in providing a deeper understanding of diverse cultures and improving the use of assessment in some subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and thrive in a caring environment.
• High expectations for student achievement and personal development.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Strong emphasis on reading and mathematics with good achievement.
• Active community engagement through various clubs and activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Gaps in pupils' historical knowledge due to ineffective assessment use.
• Insufficient opportunities for pupils to understand different cultures and faiths.

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 Tebay Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.0% 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 Tebay 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 Tebay Primary School had 12.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.8% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Tebay Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% 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 2024–25 Tebay Primary School received £13,730 and spent £11,436 for each of its 40 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £91,000 (£2,264 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Cumbria Education Trust, income was £7,121 and spending £7,168 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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All schools in Penrith · Westmorland and Furness local authority: places and applications

Tebay Primary School is part of Cumbria Education Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• The Queen Katherine School Kendal
• Castle Park School Kendal
• Stramongate Primary School Kendal
• Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Kirkby Stephen
• Yanwath Primary School Penrith
• Castle Carrock School Brampton
• Petteril Bank School Carlisle
• Caldew Lea School Carlisle
• Yewdale School Carlisle
• Newtown Primary School Carlisle

What is Tebay Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Tebay Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tebay Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Tebay Primary School have?

Tebay Primary School has 49 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tebay Primary School cover?

Tebay Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Tebay Primary School?

Tebay Primary School is at Tebay, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 3XB.