Bassenthwaite Primary School

State-Funded School

bassenthwaite-primary-school-cumberland-north-west

North WestRegion

CumberlandLocal Authority

Penrith and SolwayConstituency

CA12 4QHPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Bassenthwaite Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Cumberland, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 24 pupils. Bassenthwaite Primary School is part of KESWICK SCHOOL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

92%

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

42%Boys

58%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 24
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: KESWICK SCHOOL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 22 April 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
22 Feb 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.