Best Primary Schools in Carlisle

We checked all 45 primary schools in Carlisle, Cumberland, and list every one: 40 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
45
Ranked
40
Without a rank
5

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Carlisle. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Carlisle also has 7 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Cumberland. Cumberland also has rankings for Whitehaven and Brampton.

Ranked primary schools in Carlisle

  1. 1

    Stoneraise School

    Local authority maintained, 169 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    90%
    Higher standard
    25%

  2. 2

    Shankhill CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 44 pupils, inspected February 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    17%

  3. 3

    Great Corby School and Nursery

    Academy, 99 pupils, inspected March 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    13%

  4. 4

    Armathwaite School

    Local authority maintained, 64 pupils, inspected January 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    20%

  5. 5

    Ivegill CofE School

    Local authority maintained, 75 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    15%

  6. 6

    Crosby-on-Eden CofE School

    Academy, 93 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    88%
    Higher standard
    13%

  7. 7

    Scotby CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 215 pupils, inspected March 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    12%

  8. 8

    Thursby Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 110 pupils, inspected September 2011

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    74%
    Higher standard
    16%

  9. 9

    Cummersdale School

    Local authority maintained, 97 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    7%

  10. 10

    St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle

    Academy, 188 pupils, inspected November 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    10%

  11. 11

    Burgh by Sands School

    Local authority maintained, 91 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    10%

  12. 12

    Houghton CofE School

    Local authority maintained, 179 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    11%

  13. 13

    Yewdale School

    Academy, 266 pupils, inspected July 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    8%

  14. 14

    Longtown Primary School

    Academy, 182 pupils, inspected May 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    3%

  15. 15

    Kingmoor Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 316 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to strong standard
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    8%

  16. 16

    Belle Vue Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 426 pupils, inspected April 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    2%

  17. 17

    Upperby Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 346 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    6%

  18. 18

    Kirkbampton CofE School

    Local authority maintained, 94 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    6%

  19. 19

    Raughton Head CofE School & Nursery

    Local authority maintained, 74 pupils, inspected July 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    0%

  20. 20

    High Hesket CofE School

    Local authority maintained, 136 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    9%

  21. 20

    Irthington Village School

    Local authority maintained, 66 pupils, inspected February 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    0%

  22. 22

    Wreay Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 75 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    54%
    Higher standard
    8%

  23. 23

    Norman Street Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 322 pupils, inspected November 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    7%

  24. 24

    Stanwix School

    Academy, 367 pupils, inspected April 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    3%

  25. 25

    Newtown Primary School

    Academy, 131 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    3%

  26. 26

    St Bede's Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 213 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    10%

  27. 27

    Cumwhinton School

    Local authority maintained, 198 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    7%

  28. 28

    Warwick Bridge Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 182 pupils, inspected April 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    0%

  29. 29

    Caldew Lea School

    Academy, 273 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    7%

  30. 30

    Rockcliffe CofE School

    Local authority maintained, 115 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    4%

  31. 31

    Brook Street Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 228 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    7%

  32. 32

    Pennine Way Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 558 pupils, inspected February 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    51%
    Higher standard
    6%

  33. 33

    Petteril Bank School

    Academy, 147 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

  34. 34

    Robert Ferguson Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 409 pupils, inspected November 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    38%
    Higher standard
    2%

  35. 35

    St Michael's CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 186 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    0%

  36. 36

    Newlaithes Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 236 pupils, inspected January 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

  37. 37

    The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided)

    Local authority maintained, 139 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    43%
    Higher standard
    0%

  38. 38

    Inglewood Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 229 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    0%

  39. 39

    Blackford CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 60 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    13%
    Higher standard
    0%

  40. 40

    St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle

    Academy, 217 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Inadequate to good
    Expected standard
    41%
    Higher standard
    7%

Primary schools in Carlisle without a rank