Croftlands Infant School

Community school·Infant school Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness·LA12 9JU

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Croftlands Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

27 first choices, 35 places

First choices per place

0.77

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 35 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12

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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 Croftlands Infant 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 126
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

5.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.6%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

0.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

13.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£14,032

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Croftlands Junior School Ulverston · 0.0 mi 34.8 St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston Ulverston · 0.6 mi 42.2 Sir John Barrow School Ulverston · 0.8 mi 53.8 Church Walk CofE Primary School Ulverston · 1.1 mi 60.0 Pennington CofE School Ulverston · 1.3 mi 49.2 Low Furness CofE Primary School Ulverston · 1.9 mi 43.6 Lindal and Marton Primary School Ulverston · 2.3 mi 17.6 Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Dalton-In-Furness Dalton-in-Furness · 3.4 mi 50.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Croftlands Infant School at a glance

Located in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, Croftlands Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 126 pupils aged 2 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Croftlands Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 35 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 13.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.