Best Secondary Schools in Carlisle

We checked all 7 secondary schools in Carlisle, Cumberland, and list every one: 5 ranked, then 2 without a rank.

Schools checked
7
Ranked
5
Without a rank
2

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE 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 45 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Cumberland.

Ranked secondary schools in Carlisle

  1. 1

    Caldew School

    Academy, 990 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    38.7%

  2. 2

    Richard Rose Morton Academy

    Academy, 905 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    33.7%

  3. 3

    Richard Rose Central Academy

    Academy, 1,035 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    42.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    35.2%

  4. 4

    Trinity School

    Academy, 1,711 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    30.2%

  5. 5

    St John Henry Newman Catholic School

    Local authority maintained, 703 pupils, inspected May 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    29.9%

Secondary schools in Carlisle without a rank

  • Austin Friars

    Independent, 278 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    15.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    0%

  • Lime House School

    Independent, 54 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    26.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    13.3%