Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 29 November 2022
Compared with the local authority and England
Results for 2025 were not published for this school. The Department for Education withholds figures when too few pupils took the tests, to protect their privacy.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School was graded Good at its last Ofsted inspection, on 29 November 2022.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. 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. As a Church of England school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
No. Distance only counts when Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its governing body, 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. As a Church of England school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School had 30 pupils aged 4 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 70. It is a mixed school.