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Bewcastle School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Roadhead, Carlisle CA6 6PF · bewcastle.cumbria.sch.uk · 01697 748662
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2015/16
- 0%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 19
- 34% of 56 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.3%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 2 families put the school first and 2 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Results
In 2015/16, 0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard.
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | hidden | 62% |
| Higher standard | hidden | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | hidden | 106 |
| Maths | hidden | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | hidden | 105 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Bewcastle School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 12
- 63% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied