Schools in Penrith
Cumbria · Westmorland and Furness · 29 schools
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Schools in Penrith (29)
- Beaconside CofE Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA11 8EN
Ofsted: Good (2016)KS2: 64% expected (2025) - Calthwaite CofE School
Primary · Ages 4-11 · CA11 9QT
Ofsted: Good (2015)KS2: 79% expected (2025)86% of first choices got in - Crosby Ravensworth CofE School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA10 3JJ
Ofsted: Good (2011)KS2: 78% expected (2024) - Greystoke Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA11 0TP
Ofsted: Good (2012)New report card82% of first choices got in - Langwathby CofE Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA10 1ND
Ofsted: Good (2014)KS2: 75% expected (2025) - Lazonby C of E Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA10 1BL
Ofsted: Good (2023)KS2: 73% expected (2025) - Morland Area CofE Primary School
Primary · Ages 2-11 · CA10 3AT
Ofsted: Good (2011)KS2: 100% expected (2025) - Orton CofE School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA10 3RG
Ofsted: Good (2013)New report cardKS2: 57% expected (2025) - Patterdale CofE Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA11 0NL
Ofsted: Good (2012)New report cardKS2: 67% expected (2024) - Plumpton School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA11 9PA
Ofsted: Good (2013)New report cardKS2: 64% expected (2025)83% of first choices got in - Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Secondary · Ages 11-18 · CA11 7EG
Ofsted: Good (2023)Attainment 8: 65.2 (2026)Grammar (11-plus)90% of first choices got in - Shap Endowed CofE Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA10 3NL
Ofsted: Good (2019)KS2: 40% expected (2025) - Stainton CofE Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA11 0ET
Ofsted: Good (2019)KS2: 63% expected (2025) - Temple Sowerby CofE Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA10 1RZ
Ofsted: Good (2014)KS2: 75% expected (2025) - Ullswater Community College
Secondary · Ages 11-18 · CA11 8NG
Ofsted: Good (2023)Attainment 8: 39.5 (2026) - Yanwath Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA10 2LA
Ofsted: Good (2022)New report cardKS2: 100% expected (2025) - Penruddock Primary School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA11 0QU
Ofsted: Requires Improvement (2023)New report cardKS2: 82% expected (2025) - Hunter Hall School
Prep · Ages 2-11 · Independent · CA11 8UA
- Kirkby Thore School
Primary · Ages 3-11 · CA10 1UU
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Penrith
Primary · Ages 4-11 · CA11 9EL
KS2: 47% expected (2025)
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29
26 primary · 2 secondary
5,075
85% capacity used
6
0 outstanding · 6 good
5,946
871 spare places
Ofsted Ratings
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Area Performance (2026)
Attainment 8
52.3
GCSE Eng+Maths
60.1%
School Capacity & Demand
Housing Growth Detected
18 new homes approved nearby. This could generate an estimated +5 primary and +3 secondary pupils.
Source: MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years)
Primary Schools
79% occupied · 667 spare places
Secondary Schools
95% occupied · 144 spare places
Questions parents ask about schools in Penrith
How many schools are there in Penrith?
Penrith has 29 open schools: 26 state primary, 2 state secondary or all-through and 1 independent.
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools
Are there any Outstanding schools in Penrith?
None of the 26 graded schools in Penrith currently holds an Outstanding rating. 25 are rated Good, so 96% are Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.
Source: Ofsted
Which secondary schools in Penrith get the best GCSE results?
Of the 2 schools in Penrith with 2026 GCSE results, the highest Attainment 8 scores - the average grade across a pupil's best eight GCSEs - were at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith (selective grammar), with an Attainment 8 score of 65.2 and 85% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; and Ullswater Community College, with an Attainment 8 score of 39.5 and 35% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above. Selective schools admit by ability, so their raw results are not a like-for-like comparison with comprehensives. Progress 8, the DfE's value-added measure, was not published for 2026.
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School PenrithUllswater Community College
Source: DfE school performance data
Which primary schools in Penrith have the best SATs results?
3 of the 18 primary schools in Penrith with 2025 Key Stage 2 results had every pupil reach the expected standard in both reading and maths: Morland Area CofE Primary School, Skelton School and Yanwath Primary School. Small schools can swing a long way from one year to the next, because each pupil is a large share of the result.
Morland Area CofE Primary SchoolSkelton SchoolYanwath Primary School
Source: DfE school performance data
Are there grammar schools in Penrith?
Yes. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith is a state grammar school in Penrith. Grammar schools admit pupils by ability through an entrance test, usually sat at the start of Year 6.
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools
Do schools in Penrith have catchment areas?
Most state schools in Penrith have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, Westmorland and Furness allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.
How do I apply for a school place in Penrith?
Apply to Westmorland and Furness through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts. Independent schools run their own admissions, so apply to those directly.