Academy sponsor led · Cumberland

Yewdale School

3–11Ages
266Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141995URN

Yewdale Road, Carlisle, CA2 7SD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJul 2018

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

0.7 above Cumberland median (1.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cumberland

70 applications for 29 places · 7th of 63 in Cumberland

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

68%met the expected standard

Cumberland 56% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJul 2018

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023

Inspection history

20 September 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
10 July 2018
Graded inspection: Good

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

2.4applications per place, Reception

0.7 above Cumberland median (1.7) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

70 applications · 29 places offered · 27 named it first

2026 2.4; Cumberland median median 1.7
2025 2.8; Cumberland median median 1.7
2024 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.6
2023 2.2; Cumberland median median 1.7
2022 2.2; Cumberland median median 1.7
2021 2.1; Cumberland median median 1.6
2020 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.7
2019 1.7; Cumberland median median 1.7
2018 1.7; Cumberland median median 1.9
2017 1.7; Cumberland median median 1.8
2016 1.8; Cumberland median median 2.0
2015 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.8; as the previous school
2014 1.7; Cumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school

This school
Cumberland median

Dashed bars: as Yewdale School (URN 112225), the previous school.

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	29	70	2.4	27	0.93
Sep 2025	30	83	2.8	41	1.37
Sep 2024	33	60	1.8	32	0.97
Sep 2023	33	73	2.2	29	0.88
Sep 2022	24	53	2.2	23	0.96
Sep 2021	35	74	2.1	30	0.86
Sep 2020	49	76	1.6	32	0.65
Sep 2019	32	53	1.7	21	0.66
Sep 2018	39	68	1.7	28	0.72
Sep 2017	35	60	1.7	30	0.86
Sep 2016	33	58	1.8	27	0.82
Sep 2015 *	25	45	1.8	19	0.76
Sep 2014 *	44	73	1.7	34	0.77

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 76% · Writing 76% · Maths 71% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%31st of 111 in Cumberland

Cumberland 56% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard76%

Cumberland 75% England 78%

Higher standard24%

Cumberland 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard76%

Cumberland 71% England 75%

Greater depth8%

Cumberland 9% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard71%

Cumberland 71% England 77%

Higher standard29%

Cumberland 17% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (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	68%	8%	104	104
2023/24	35%	0%	101	100
2022/23	53%	7%	104	102

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

Yewdale SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Belle Vue Primary School
0.7 km · Cumberland

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Newtown Primary School
1.4 km · Cumberland

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Newlaithes Infant School
1.5 km · Cumberland

Good2022

1.9applications per place
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
1.5 km · Cumberland

Graded · no overall grade2025

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

Standards maintained2025

50%met the SATs standard
Caldew Lea School
2.1 km · Cumberland

Good2024

1.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Robert Ferguson Primary School
2.8 km · Cumberland

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Cummersdale School
2.8 km · Cumberland

2026

2.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141995 · 942/2006
Trust: Cumbria Education Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 266 on roll
Free school meals: 16.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2015
Replaced: Yewdale School (URN 112225)
Address: Yewdale Road, Carlisle, CA2 7SD
Local authority: Cumberland

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