Kingmoor Junior School
Liddle Close, Lowry Hill, Carlisle, CA3 0DU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Hayley Robertson
- Constituency
- Carlisle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 316
- URN
- 112229
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01228409715
About this school
Kingmoor Junior School is a community primary school in Carlisle. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 316 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Kingmoor Junior 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 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
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- 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 | 89 | 75 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 61% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 19% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 69% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 68% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 65% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.00 | - | - |
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 Kingmoor Junior 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 | 72% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 332 |
| 2023/24 | 339 |
| 2024/25 | 348 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kingmoor Junior School compares
Kingmoor Junior School ranked 47th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% 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 | 60% | 4.6% | 17% | 316 | — |
| Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School | — | 4.7% | 8.9% | 312 | 0.0 miles |
| Stanwix School | 55% | 4.7% | 9.8% | 367 | 1.0 miles |
| Houghton CofE School | 68% | 5.7% | 6.6% | 179 | 1.2 miles |
| Caldew Lea School | 56% | 5.5% | 38.2% | 273 | 1.7 miles |
| Newtown Primary School | 55% | 5.6% | 63.9% | 131 | 1.7 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)
- 16.95%
- English as an additional language
- 6.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.56%
- Persistent absence
- 8.47%
Location
Nearby schools
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Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Carlisle
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Stanwix School1.0 miles
Primary · Carlisle
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Houghton CofE School1.2 miles
Primary · Carlisle
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Caldew Lea School1.7 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
Newtown Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Carlisle
Other schools in Carlisle
Kingmoor Junior School ranks 19th 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
- Cummersdale School Primary
- Cumwhinton School Primary
- Great Corby School and Nursery Primary
- Great Orton Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Kingmoor Junior School teach?
- Kingmoor Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Carlisle.
- Who is the headteacher of Kingmoor Junior School?
- The headteacher of Kingmoor Junior School is Miss Hayley Robertson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Kingmoor Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingmoor Junior 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 Kingmoor Junior School?
- Kingmoor Junior School has 316 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Kingmoor Junior School full?
- Kingmoor Junior School has capacity for 300 pupils and 316 on roll (105%), 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 Kingmoor Junior School a faith school?
- No. Kingmoor Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kingmoor Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Kingmoor Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Kingmoor Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kingmoor Junior School compare with other schools in Cumberland?
- Kingmoor Junior School ranked 47th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% 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 Kingmoor Junior School's absence rate?
- Kingmoor Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingmoor Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingmoor Junior 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.