Kirkbampton CofE School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Carlisle · CA5 6HX · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS245%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM6.1%
- Demand1.00
2.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 112110
Great Orton Primary School
Community school · Carlisle · CA5 6NA
Ages 4–11 · 35 pupils · Cumberland
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
40%
Overall absence
8.2%
Admissions demand
0.80 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-10
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- 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)
Expected standard (RWM)40%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)19.4%
Unauthorised3.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.9%
- 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
0.80 · Often has places
1st preferences
4
Places offered
5
1st-preference offers
4
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 9
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 5
- 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 fill50%
35 pupils · 70 places
- Pupils on roll
- 35
- Boys / girls
- 22 / 13
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 35 / 70 (50%)
- Free school meals
- 42.9%
- FSM pupils
- 15
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Walker
Location
- Address
- Great Orton
- Postcode
- CA5 6NA
- Town
- Carlisle
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- District
- Cumberland
- 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 4–11, in Carlisle, Cumberland, 35 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 42.9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Wiggonby CofE School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Wigton · CA7 0JR · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS275%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM1.7%
- Demand1.10
2.1 miles away
Thursby Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Carlisle · CA5 6PN · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS258%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM16.4%
- Demand0.92
2.4 miles away
Yewdale School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Carlisle · CA2 7SD · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS235%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM16.2%
- Demand0.97
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Walker
- Telephone
- 01228711602