High Hesket CofE School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Carlisle · CA4 0HU · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 3–11
- KS276%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM3.2%
2.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 112102
Armathwaite School
Community school · Carlisle · CA4 9PW
Ages 3–11 · 64 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
55%
Overall absence
4.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-11-13
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)55%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 97.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.5%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 57
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill80%
64 pupils · 80 places
- Pupils on roll
- 64
- Boys / girls
- 36 / 28
- School capacity
- 80
- Capacity fill
- 64 / 80 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 8.6%
- FSM pupils
- 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Aimee Stamp
Location
- Address
- Armathwaite, Station Road
- Postcode
- CA4 9PW
- Town
- Carlisle
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Carlisle, Westmorland and Furness, 64 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 8.6%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Aimee Stamp
- Telephone
- 01697472296