Thwaites School

Community school·Primary school Millom, Cumberland·LA18 5HP
Composite score
18.8
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#14,511
National rank
#2250
In North West
#105
In Cumberland
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
29%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
3 first choices, 3 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
11
any preference, for 3 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Thwaites School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
37
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
9.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£13,218
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Thwaites School

Thwaites School is a primary school in Millom, Cumberland, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 37 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 29% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Thwaites School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 3 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 9.7 pupils per teacher. Thwaites School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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