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Great Orton Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 35Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112110URN

Great Orton, Carlisle, CA5 6NA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.2 above Cumberland median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cumberland

15 applications for 8 places

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 10 January 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.2 above Cumberland median (1.7) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

15 applications · 8 places offered · 7 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.7
  2. 2025 5.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 3.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
  5. 2022 3.5; Cumberland median median 1.7
  6. 2021 2.3; Cumberland median median 1.6
  7. 2020 9.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
  8. 2019 3.5; Cumberland median median 1.7
  9. 2018 9.0; Cumberland median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.6; Cumberland median median 1.8
  11. 2016 3.8; Cumberland median median 2.0
  12. 2015 5.5; Cumberland median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Cumberland median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Cumberland median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20268151.970.88
Sep 20253155.031.00
Sep 2024591.840.80
Sep 2023263.021.00
Sep 2022273.521.00
Sep 2021372.331.00
Sep 2020199.011.00
Sep 20194143.541.00
Sep 2018199.000.00
Sep 20178212.660.75
Sep 20164153.841.00
Sep 20152115.521.00
Sep 201410161.690.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Cumberland median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/2440%0%101104
2022/23

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
112110 · 942/2027
Capacity
70 pupils · 35 on roll
Free school meals
42.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Great Orton, Carlisle, CA5 6NA
Local authority
Cumberland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources