Captain Shaw's CofE School
Main Street, Millom, LA19 5TG
24 pupils · 43% of 56 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 3 October 2023, published 8 November 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | Not published (small cohort) |
| Reaching the higher standard | Not published (small cohort) |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
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
- Waberthwaite CofE School 5.1 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Thwaites School 7.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Black Combe Junior School 10.2 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- St James' Catholic Primary School 10.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Millom Infant School 10.7 km · Most areas: Urgent improvement (2026)
- Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School 10.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · 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.