Houghton CofE School
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Carlisle · CA3 0PA · Cumberland
Ages 4–11
- KS262%
- Absence7.8%
- FSM5.6%
- Demand1.00
2.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 112300
Blackford CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Carlisle · CA6 4ES
Ages 3–11 · 60 pupils · Cumberland
Ofsted
Not judged
Overall absence
8.1%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-10-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)27.8%
Unauthorised2.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 36
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
8
Places offered
8
1st-preference offers
8
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 19
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 8
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill107%
60 pupils · 56 places
- Pupils on roll
- 60
- Boys / girls
- 29 / 31
- School capacity
- 56
- Capacity fill
- 60 / 56 (107%)
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- FSM pupils
- 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided 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
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lindsey Slater
Location
- Address
- Blackford
- Postcode
- CA6 4ES
- Town
- Carlisle
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- District
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Carlisle, Cumberland, 60 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 18.4%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Carlisle.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Rockcliffe CofE School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Carlisle · CA6 4AA · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS280%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM9.2%
- Demand1.00
2.3 miles away
Kingmoor Junior School
Ofsted: Needs attentionCommunity school · Primary
Carlisle · CA3 0DU · Cumberland
Ages 7–11
- KS261%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM16.8%
2.4 miles away
Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School
Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextCommunity school · Primary
Carlisle · CA3 0ES · Cumberland
Ages 3–7
- Absence4.5%
- FSM7.7%
- Demand1.00
2.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lindsey Slater
- Telephone
- 01228674614