Thwaites School

State-Funded School

thwaites-school-cumberland-north-west

North WestRegion

CumberlandLocal Authority

Barrow and FurnessConstituency

LA18 5HPPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

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

It currently serves 28 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

96%

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

43%Boys

57%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

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: Average
Total pupils: 28
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Sept 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Not judged
28 Mar 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
23 Apr 2019	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.