Alston Primary School

About Alston Primary School

Alston Primary School’s headline Key Stage 2 results sit well below the Westmorland and Furness local authority average, which is a significant point for parents to weigh up. The LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 58%, but at Alston only 33% of pupils achieved that benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. This places the school 89th out of 99 primary schools in the local authority, putting it firmly in the bottom half of the league table. Nationally, it ranks in the bottom 5% of all primary schools on this measure. However, the picture is not uniformly low: the school’s average reading score of 102 is exactly in line with the national standard of 100, and 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading individually. Maths is weaker, with an average score of 99 and only 50% reaching the expected level, while writing sits at 42%. The proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in any subject is very small — 8% in reading and maths, and 0% in writing.

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