Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Carlisle · CA3 0PA · Cumberland
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
2.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 112300
Blackford CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Carlisle · CA6 4ES
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
60
Local authority
Cumberland
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
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.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 112300
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
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- 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 characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lindsey Slater
- Telephone
- 01228674614
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
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 from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.