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Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Hether Drive, Lowry Hill, Carlisle CA3 0ES · kingmoorinfants.com · 01228 558892
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 312
- 97% of 322 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.7%
- First language not English
- 4.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 98 families put the school first and 88 places were offered; 90% 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 | 88 | 98 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 84 | 87 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 76 | 76 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 82 | 82 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 13 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (77 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 77
- 27% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (13%) with SEND