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100% Outstanding or Good · above the 87% national figure

Within 3 miles: 5 schools.

By Ofsted rating

3 Good

2 No current grade

By phase

4 Primary

1 Secondary

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Great Orton Primary School

Community school · 1.7 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Community school
Age range	4–11
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Local authority	Cumberland
Head teacher	Mr Matthew Walker
Address	Great Orton, Carlisle, Cumbria
Phone	01228711602
Website	http://www.greatorton.cumbria.sch.uk
Area deprivation	Quintile 3 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Estimated admission distance	1.7 mi Estimated
URN	112110
Distance	1.7 mi

Cumberland hasn't published a real admission-distance figure, so this is a modelled estimate instead, built from local Census population density for this school's age group versus its intake size, the same class of technique other school-search sites use as their default catchment indicator when no official figure exists. Not based on real pupil addresses (nobody outside the school/council has access to that), and meaningfully less reliable than a published figure.

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Pupils 35 on roll +

On roll	35 of 70 capacity (50% full)
Eligible for free school meals	42.9%
Gender split	62.9% boys, 37.1% girls
English as an additional language	0.0%
Ethnicity	White 100.0%, Asian 0.0%, Black 0.0%, Mixed 0.0%, Other 0.0%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2023-02-13

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Exam Results Not published +

Meeting expected standard	Not published for this school
Academic year	2024/25

Meeting expected standard by year

2022/23	—
2023/24	40.0%
2024/25	—

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St Michael's CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school · 1.7 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Voluntary controlled school
Age range	4–11
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	Church of England
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Local authority	Cumberland
Head teacher	Mrs L Smith
Address	Dalston, Carlisle, Cumbria
Phone	01228711544
Website	www.st-michaels.cumbria.sch.uk
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Estimated admission distance	1.51 mi Estimated
URN	112246
Distance	1.7 mi

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Pupils 186 on roll +

On roll	186 of 220 capacity (85% full)
Eligible for free school meals	11.3%
Gender split	46.2% boys, 53.8% girls
English as an additional language	0.5%
Ethnicity	White 96.2%, Asian 0.5%, Black 0.5%, Mixed 1.1%, Other 1.6%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2024-07-18

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Exam Results 45.0% +

Meeting expected standard	45.0%
Academic year	2024/25

Meeting expected standard by year

2022/23	53.0%
2023/24	42.0%
2024/25	45.0%

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Caldew School

Academy converter · 1.7 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Secondary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	11–18
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Has a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Non-selective
Trust	CALDEW SCHOOL
Local authority	Cumberland
Head teacher	Ms Victoria Jackson
Address	Dalston, Carlisle, Cumbria
Phone	01228710044
Website	http://caldew.cumbria.sch.uk/
Area deprivation	Quintile 2 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Estimated admission distance	3.15 mi Estimated
URN	137254
Distance	1.7 mi

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Pupils 990 on roll +

On roll	990 of 1050 capacity (94% full)
Pupils in exam cohort (2024/25)	168
Eligible for free school meals	17.9%
Gender split	49.0% boys, 51.0% girls
English as an additional language	3.2%
Ethnicity	White 92.6%, Asian 0.4%, Black 0.2%, Mixed 2.1%, Other 4.6%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2022-09-21

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Sixth form provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Exam Results Not published +

Progress 8	Not published for this school
Grade 5+ English & Maths	38.7%
Academic year	2024/25

Progress 8 by year

2022/23	-0.1
2023/24	-0.19
2024/25	—

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Destinations 81% into further study +

School sixth form	42.7%
Sixth-form college	0.0%
Further education college	38.4%
Apprenticeship	9.1%
Employment	4.9%
Not a sustained destination	4.3%
Academic year	2022/23

Share of Year 11 leavers in each destination category, 6-12 months after leaving - broad categories only, not named colleges or sixth forms (DfE doesn't publish per-pupil institution tracking as open data).

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Thursby Primary School

Community school · 1.5 mi

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Community school
Age range	3–11
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Local authority	Cumberland
Head teacher	Mr Carl Barnes
Address	Thursby, Carlisle, Cumbria
Phone	01228711180
Website	www.thursby.cumbria.sch.uk/
Area deprivation	Quintile 2 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
URN	112123
Distance	1.5 mi

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Pupils 110 on roll +

On roll	110 of 140 capacity (79% full)
Eligible for free school meals	16.4%
Gender split	47.3% boys, 52.7% girls
English as an additional language	0.9%
Ethnicity	White 93.6%, Asian 0.0%, Black 0.9%, Mixed 2.7%, Other 2.7%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating No current grade +

No current overall grade, often means a recent inspection under Ofsted's newer ungraded report-card format, not that the school hasn't been visited. Last inspected 2022-12-06.

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Exam Results 74.0% +

Meeting expected standard	74.0%
Academic year	2024/25

Meeting expected standard by year

2022/23	75.0%
2023/24	58.0%
2024/25	74.0%

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Yewdale School

Academy sponsor led · 2.7 mi

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Academy sponsor led
Age range	3–11
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	CUMBRIA EDUCATION TRUST
Local authority	Cumberland
Head teacher	Mrs Cate Floyd (Executive Head)
Address	Yewdale Road, Carlisle, Cumbria
Phone	01228830036
Website	www.yewdale.cumbria.sch.uk
Area deprivation	Quintile 3 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Estimated admission distance	0.37 mi Estimated
URN	141995
Distance	2.7 mi

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Pupils 266 on roll +

On roll	266 of 420 capacity (63% full)
Eligible for free school meals	15.4%
Gender split	46.6% boys, 53.4% girls
English as an additional language	6.4%
Ethnicity	White 95.9%, Asian 0.8%, Black 2.3%, Mixed 0.8%, Other 0.4%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating No current grade +

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Exam Results 68.0% +

Meeting expected standard	68.0%
Academic year	2024/25

Meeting expected standard by year

2022/23	53.0%
2023/24	35.0%
2024/25	68.0%

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