Cummersdale School
Cummersdale, Carlisle, CA2 6BD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Gareth Jones
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 97
- URN
- 112107
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01228592087
About this school
Cummersdale School is a community primary school in Carlisle. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 97 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 50% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 6% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 56% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 69% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 75% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | - | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cummersdale School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 102 |
| 2024/25 | 105 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cummersdale School compares
Cummersdale School ranked 23rd of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 2.7% | 11.4% | 97 | — |
| Newlaithes Junior School | 50% | 4.8% | 18.6% | 236 | 0.9 miles |
| Newlaithes Infant School | — | 4.5% | 12.4% | 196 | 0.9 miles |
| Robert Ferguson Primary School | 38% | 5.3% | 25.3% | 409 | 1.1 miles |
| St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle | 41% | 5.3% | 32.8% | 217 | 1.2 miles |
| Upperby Primary School | 61% | 5.7% | 35.2% | 346 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report19 May 2026
- 10 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.43%
- English as an additional language
- 4.8%
- Overall absence
- 2.65%
- Persistent absence
- 2.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newlaithes Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
Newlaithes Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
Robert Ferguson Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle1.2 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
Upperby Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Carlisle
Other schools in Carlisle
Cummersdale School ranks 10th of the 40 ranked primary schools in Carlisle.
- Armathwaite School Primary
- Belle Vue Primary School Primary
- Bewcastle School Primary
- Blackford CofE Primary School Primary
- Brook Street Primary School Primary
- Burgh by Sands School Primary
- Caldew Lea School Primary
- Crosby-on-Eden CofE School Primary
- Cumwhinton School Primary
- Great Corby School and Nursery Primary
- Great Orton Primary School Primary
- High Hesket CofE School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cummersdale School teach?
- Cummersdale School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Carlisle.
- Who is the headteacher of Cummersdale School?
- The headteacher of Cummersdale School is Mr Gareth Jones, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cummersdale School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cummersdale School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Cummersdale School?
- Cummersdale School has 97 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Cummersdale School full?
- Cummersdale School has capacity for 105 pupils and 97 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cummersdale School a faith school?
- No. Cummersdale School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cummersdale School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cummersdale School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Cummersdale School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 13% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cummersdale School rank locally?
- Cummersdale School ranked 23rd of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cummersdale School's absence rate?
- Cummersdale School's overall absence rate is 2.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cummersdale School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cummersdale School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 August 2026.