Armathwaite School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Carlisle · CA4 9PW · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 3–11
- KS255%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM8.6%
- Demand1.00
2.3 miles away
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High Hesket CofE School
Voluntary controlled school · Carlisle · CA4 0HU
Ages 3–11 · 136 pupils · Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
76%
Overall absence
3.9%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-03-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- 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)76%
Higher standard (RWM)10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 110.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)4.5%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 112
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
19
Places offered
19
1st-preference offers
19
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 28
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 19
- Applications from outside LA
- 16
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 11
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 fill68%
136 pupils · 200 places
- Pupils on roll
- 136
- Boys / girls
- 66 / 70
- School capacity
- 200
- Capacity fill
- 136 / 200 (68%)
- Free school meals
- 3.2%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled 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 controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amy Harvey
Location
- Address
- High Hesket
- Postcode
- CA4 0HU
- 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 voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Carlisle, Westmorland and Furness, 136 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 3.2%. 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.
Calthwaite CofE School
Ofsted: Improved significantlyVoluntary aided school · Primary
Penrith · CA11 9QT · Westmorland and Furness
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence3.6%
- FSM11.6%
- Demand1.00
2.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amy Harvey
- Telephone
- 01697473386