Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Cumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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 |
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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 entry18 applications · 8 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.3; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2025 2.7; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2024 2.4; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 3.3; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2022 2.3; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2021 2.2; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2020 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2019 6.5; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 2.7; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2017 7.0; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2016 1.8; Cumberland median median 2.0
- 2015 3.5; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2014 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 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 | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 10 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2025 | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 9 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.83 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 50% · Writing 50% · Maths 38% → all three 13% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Cumberland median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 13% | 0% | 99 | 98 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 67% | 17% | 106 | 104 |
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
- Blackford CofE Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 13%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · Cumberland20262.9applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · CumberlandGood20233.0applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · Cumberland202660%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · CumberlandRemains Good · improving20231.5applications per place
- 5.3 km · CumberlandRemains Good20233.1applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 5.6 km · CumberlandStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 6.0 km · CumberlandGood20242.2applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 6.5 km · CumberlandImproved significantly20251.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 112300 · 942/3301
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 56 pupils · 60 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Blackford, Carlisle, CA6 4ES
- Local authority
- Cumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources