St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle
Academy converter · Primary
Carlisle · CA2 4JD · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 112243
Upperby Primary School
Community school · Carlisle · CA2 4JT
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
346
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 community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Carlisle, Cumberland, 346 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 30.4%.
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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
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 112243
Location
- Address
- Uldale Road, Upperby
- Postcode
- CA2 4JT
- Town
- Carlisle
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- District
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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
- 346
- Boys / girls
- 183 / 163
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 346 / 420 (82%)
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- FSM pupils
- 102
- 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
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Paula Burns
- Telephone
- 01228815460
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
Good
Inspection date
2022-11-15
- 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 from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 44%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 2%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0