Braithwaite CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Keswick, Cumberland·CA12 5TD
Composite score
23.4
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#14,194
National rank
#2195
In North West
#101
In Cumberland
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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%
7 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
18
any preference, for 7 places
Applications from another council area
11%
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 Braithwaite CofE Primary 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
44
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
11.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
3.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.4
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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About Braithwaite CofE Primary School

Braithwaite CofE Primary School is a primary school in Keswick, Cumberland, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 44 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 36% 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 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Braithwaite CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 7 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 13.4 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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