Newtown Primary School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Carlisle, CA2 7LW
- Distance
- 0.5km away
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Strathclyde Avenue, Carlisle, CA2 7DS
Local ranking85th of 143 primary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
240
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 57.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 222
- Boys
- 126 (57%)
- Girls
- 96 (43%)
- Capacity
- 240 (93% full)
- SEND
- 16.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.2%
- EAL
- 32.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.3%
- SEN Support
- 10.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,261/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 55.9%
- White Other: 14.9%
- Asian Indian: 11.3%
- Black African: 8.6%
- Asian Other: 5.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Black Caribbean: 0.5%
55.9%
White British
14.9%
White Other
11.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Strathclyde Avenue
Carlisle, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112369
- UKPRN
- 10069805
- Establishment No.
- 3652
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