Ellenborough Academy
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Ellenborough Academy is a converter academy in Maryport for boys and girls aged 2 to 7. It has 50 pupils and room for 69. About 62 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 86 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 96% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Victory Crescent, Maryport, CA15 7NE01900 812931ellenborough.cumbria.sch.ukMrs Michelle Dover headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 18 June 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
42 places were empty (61% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 23% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
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 Cumberland council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 6 pupils, for autism, speech, language and communication.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Cumberland with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (5), emotional and mental health (4), Other difficulty or disability (1), Vision impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 50 | 52 | 50 | 59 | 59 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 40% | 23% | 32% | 24% | 27% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 23% | 18% | 22% | 29% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 6% | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.4% | 3.3% | 8.1% | 6.2% | 2.6% | 4.1% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.4% | 2.8% | 7.6% | 5.6% | 2.4% | 4.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 10.5% | 5.3% | 21.4% | 17.9% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Ellenborough and Ewanrigg Infant School, the school this one replaced in January 2022. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherton Infant School | Council | 240 m | 69 | Good 2024 | 30 | Compare |
| Ewanrigg Junior School | Council | 320 m | 133 | No overall grade 2025 | 9 | Compare |
| Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport | Academy | 420 m | 204 | No overall grade 2025 | 47 | Compare |
| Grasslot Infant School | Council | 900 m | 65 | Good 2024 | 35 | Compare |
| Maryport CofE Primary School | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 297 | Good 2023 | 25 | Compare |
| Dearham Primary School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 202 | No overall grade 2025 | 19 | Compare |
| Broughton Moor Primary School | Academy | 1.7 miles | – | Requires improvement 2023 | – | Compare |
| Flimby Primary School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 112 | Good 2023 | 37 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Ellenborough Academy with the 45 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 45 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher
Of those 45 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Ellenborough Academy, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Primary School | Academy | 4.6 miles | 75 | Good 2020 | 95 | Compare |
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 86 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 86% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 61 to 96. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | in line | +0.03 | Ofsted grade, 2.2 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | well above | +0.66 | results and attendance rising year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | below | -0.14 | 2024/25; 19 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Ellenborough Academy a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. Ellenborough Academy scores 86 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 96% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 61 to 96, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.
What is Ellenborough Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Ellenborough Academy good at its last full inspection on 18 June 2024.
How many pupils does Ellenborough Academy have?
50 pupils aged 2 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 69 places, so it is 72% full.
Is Ellenborough Academy oversubscribed?
Probably not. 42 places were empty in 2024/25 (61% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Ellenborough Academy?
Pupils were in school 95.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 11% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does Ellenborough Academy have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for autism, speech, language and communication. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Victory Crescent, Maryport, CA15 7NE
- Telephone
- 01900 812931
- Website
- www.ellenborough.cumbria.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Dover
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- The Good Shepherd Multi Academy Trust (13 schools)
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Ward
- Maryport South
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 2022 (academy converter)
- URN
- 148870 · LAESTAB 9422124 · UKPRN 10089760
- Formerly
- Ellenborough and Ewanrigg Infant School
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- 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.