Belle Vue Primary School
Beaver Road, Carlisle, CA2 7PT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Cairns
- Constituency
- Carlisle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 426
- URN
- 112228
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01228593161
About this school
Belle Vue Primary School is a community primary school in Carlisle. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 426 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Belle Vue Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 58% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 3% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 80% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 70% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 72% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Belle Vue Primary 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 | 70% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 435 |
| 2023/24 | 435 |
| 2024/25 | 428 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Belle Vue Primary School compares
Belle Vue Primary School ranked 29th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4.6% | 20.3% | 426 | — |
| Yewdale School | 68% | 5.3% | 18.5% | 266 | 0.5 miles |
| Newtown Primary School | 55% | 5.6% | 63.9% | 131 | 0.5 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School | 57% | 5.1% | 26.2% | 213 | 0.7 miles |
| Newlaithes Infant School | — | 4.5% | 12.4% | 196 | 1.0 miles |
| Caldew Lea School | 56% | 5.5% | 38.2% | 273 | 1.0 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.33%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.57%
- Persistent absence
- 9.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Yewdale School0.5 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
Newtown Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Carlisle
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St Bede's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Carlisle
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Newlaithes Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
Caldew Lea School1.0 miles
Primary · Carlisle
Other schools in Carlisle
Belle Vue Primary School ranks 12th of the 40 ranked primary schools in Carlisle.
- Armathwaite 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
- Cummersdale School Primary
- Cumwhinton School Primary
- Great Corby School and Nursery Primary
- Great Orton Primary School Primary
- High Hesket CofE School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Belle Vue Primary School teach?
- Belle Vue Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Carlisle.
- Who is the headteacher of Belle Vue Primary School?
- The headteacher of Belle Vue Primary School is Mr Andrew Cairns, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Belle Vue Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Belle Vue Primary 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 many pupils are at Belle Vue Primary School?
- Belle Vue Primary School has 426 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Belle Vue Primary School full?
- Belle Vue Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 426 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Belle Vue Primary School a faith school?
- No. Belle Vue Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Belle Vue Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Belle Vue Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Belle Vue Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Belle Vue Primary School compare with other schools in Cumberland?
- Belle Vue Primary School ranked 29th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Belle Vue Primary School's absence rate?
- Belle Vue Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Belle Vue Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Belle Vue Primary 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 29 June 2026.