Cairn Education CIC
Cairn Education CIC is an independent special school in Cumbria for boys and girls aged 11 to 25. It has 10 pupils and every place is taken.
The Tavern, 63 Main Street, Staveley, Cumbria, LA8 9LN01539 822304cairneducation.co.ukMiss Rachael Thompson headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
1 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Westmorland and Furness council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 12 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | – |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staveley CofE School | Church of England | 450 m | 79 | No overall grade 2024 | 68 | Compare |
| St Oswald's CofE Primary School | Church of England | 2.7 miles | 88 | Good 2022 | 16 | Compare |
| Cambian Whinfell School | Independent (grammar) | 3.7 miles | 16 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 3.7 miles | 336 | Good 2024 | 23 | Compare |
| St Thomas's CofE Primary School | Church of England | 3.7 miles | 239 | No overall grade 2024 | 44 | Compare |
| St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere | Academy | 3.8 miles | 40 | Requires improvement 2023 | 2 | Compare |
| Goodly Dale Primary School | Council | 4.0 miles | 77 | No overall grade 2024 | 34 | Compare |
| Kendal Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 4.1 miles | 118 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Cairn Education CIC a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Cairn Education CIC yet.
How many pupils does Cairn Education CIC have?
10 pupils aged 11 to 25 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 10 places, so it is 100% full.
What do parents say about Cairn Education CIC?
100% of the 12 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 100% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- The Tavern, 63 Main Street, Staveley, Cumbria, LA8 9LN
- Telephone
- 01539 822304
- Website
- www.cairneducation.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Rachael Thompson
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-25
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Ward
- Upper Kent
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 7 January 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 148796 · LAESTAB 9436033
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.