Community school · Cumberland

Belle Vue Primary School

4–11Ages
426Pupils
PrimaryPhase
112228URN

Beaver Road, Carlisle, CA2 7PT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.5 above Cumberland median (1.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cumberland

126 applications for 59 places · 13th of 63 in Cumberland

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

69%met the expected standard

Cumberland 56% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 1 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

1 April 2025
Graded inspection, no overall grade
14 March 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

2.1applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Cumberland median (1.7) close to England median (2.2)

126 applications · 59 places offered · 71 named it first

2026 2.1; Cumberland median median 1.7
2025 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.7
2024 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.6
2023 2.1; Cumberland median median 1.7
2022 1.7; Cumberland median median 1.7
2021 2.1; Cumberland median median 1.6
2020 2.2; Cumberland median median 1.7
2019 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
2018 2.2; Cumberland median median 1.9
2017 2.2; Cumberland median median 1.8
2016 2.0; Cumberland median median 2.0
2015 2.2; Cumberland median median 1.8
2014 2.1; Cumberland median median 1.7

More applications per place than the Cumberland median in 13 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	59	126	2.1	71	1.20
Sep 2025	58	112	1.9	58	1.00
Sep 2024	59	105	1.8	58	0.98
Sep 2023	57	117	2.1	69	1.21
Sep 2022	52	88	1.7	51	0.98
Sep 2021	59	125	2.1	66	1.12
Sep 2020	60	129	2.2	79	1.32
Sep 2019	58	115	2.0	59	1.02
Sep 2018	60	132	2.2	75	1.25
Sep 2017	60	133	2.2	73	1.22
Sep 2016	60	119	2.0	64	1.07
Sep 2015	60	134	2.2	79	1.32
Sep 2014	59	124	2.1	73	1.24

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 88% · Maths 78% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%29th of 111 in Cumberland

Cumberland 56% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

Cumberland 75% England 78%

Higher standard19%

Cumberland 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard88%

Cumberland 71% England 75%

Greater depth16%

Cumberland 9% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard78%

Cumberland 71% England 77%

Higher standard20%

Cumberland 17% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Cumberland median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	69%	2%	105	105
2023/24	58%	3%	105	103
2022/23	70%	9%	105	105

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

Belle Vue Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Yewdale School
0.7 km · Cumberland

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Newtown Primary School
0.8 km · Cumberland

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
1.1 km · Cumberland

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Newlaithes Infant School
1.6 km · Cumberland

Good2022

1.9applications per place
Caldew Lea School
1.6 km · Cumberland

Good2024

1.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Newlaithes Junior School
1.6 km · Cumberland

Standards maintained2025

50%met the SATs standard
Robert Ferguson Primary School
2.5 km · Cumberland

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Stanwix School
2.9 km · Cumberland

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 112228 · 942/2622
Capacity: 420 pupils · 426 on roll
Free school meals: 20.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Replaced: Belle Vue Junior School (URN 112227)
Address: Beaver Road, Carlisle, CA2 7PT
Local authority: Cumberland

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