Schools in Ulverston
Ulverston has 12 schools including 10 primaries and 1 secondary, within the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority's admissions area. Demand is above average: the fill rate across 12 schools averages 95 per cent, and five are oversubscribed — a notable pressure level for a rural Cumbrian market town. The single secondary draws from a wide geographic catchment.
Six schools carry Roman Catholic or Church of England designation, giving faith criteria a significant role in local oversubscription decisions. Three are academies. All four recently inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Westmorland and Furness publishes annual catchment boundary maps and last-distance-offered data as part of its admissions guide.
School demand in Ulverston
Across the 12 schools in Ulverston with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 95%. 5 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Ulverston have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
3 of the schools in Ulverston are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Westmorland and Furness, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
4 of the schools in Ulverston have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Ulverston: 3 oversubscribed (10)
Croftlands Infant School
Primary · Community school
Ulverston · LA12 9JU
Croftlands Junior School
Primary · Community school
Ulverston · LA12 9JU
Sir John Barrow School
Primary · Community school
Ulverston · LA12 0BD
Pennington CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Ulverston · LA12 0RR
Low Furness CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Ulverston · LA12 0TA
Leven Valley CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
ULVERSTON · LA12 8QF
Church Walk CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Ulverston · LA12 7EN
Penny Bridge CofE School
Primary · Academy converter
Ulverston · LA12 7RQ
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston
Primary · Academy converter
Ulverston · LA12 0EA
Lindal and Marton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Ulverston · LA12 0NB
Secondary Schools in Ulverston (1)
Other Schools in Ulverston (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Ulverston are set by Westmorland and Furness and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.