St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Carlisle, CA2 7DS
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Newtown Primary School
Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7LW
Local ranking77th of 143 primary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 17 June 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 55.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 58.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 52.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 33
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 144
- Boys
- 63 (44%)
- Girls
- 81 (56%)
- Capacity
- 210 (69% full)
- SEND
- 27.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 63.9%
- EAL
- 16.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.3%
- SEN Support
- 21.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,222/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 74.8%
- White Other: 8.2%
- Black African: 8.2%
- Mixed Other: 6.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
74.8%
White British
8.2%
White Other
8.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Newtown Road
Carlisle, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 148137
- UKPRN
- 10086875
- Establishment No.
- 2025
- Trust
- CUMBRIA EDUCATION TRUST
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