Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Croftlands Infant School
This school
Croftlands Junior School
Partner infant school
Nursery to Year 2 · next door from Croftlands Junior School
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Croftlands Infant School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 30 June 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Westmorland and Furness | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 50% | 58% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 2% | 6% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 71% | 71% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 17% | 23% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Westmorland and Furness | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Maths | 104 | 104 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 103 | 105 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Croftlands Junior School on 30 June 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Expected standard for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance and for personal development and wellbeing; Needs attention for achievement and for attendance and behaviour.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Croftlands Infant School. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Croftlands Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Westmorland and Furness, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Croftlands Junior School had 161 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 240. It is a mixed school.
Academy converter
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