Kells Infant School
High Road, Whitehaven, CA28 9PQ
130 pupils · 81% of 160 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Free school meals
- 11.5%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 October 2024, published 12 November 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.17 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 35 | 44 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 34 | 34 | 52 | 34 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 24 | 24 | 33 | 24 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 30 | 45 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 14 | 14 | 23 | 14 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 35 | 34 | 53 | 35 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 26 | 25 | 40 | 26 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 32 | 43 | 30 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Monkwray Junior School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School 1.3 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Begh's Catholic Junior School 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Valley Primary School and Nursery 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.