Brook Street Primary School
Edward Street, Carlisle, CA1 2JB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Bursnall
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Carlisle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 228
- URN
- 112231
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01228558724
About this school
Brook Street Primary School is a community primary school in Carlisle. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 228 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Brook Street 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 30 | 22 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 27% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 50% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 50% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 41% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Brook Street 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 | 47% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 27% | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 207 |
| 2023/24 | 216 |
| 2024/25 | 227 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brook Street Primary School compares
Brook Street Primary School ranked 88th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 4.6% | 21.4% | 228 | — |
| Norman Street Primary School | 59% | 5.6% | 20.3% | 322 | 0.2 miles |
| The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided) | 43% | 8.2% | 51.8% | 139 | 0.6 miles |
| St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle | 60% | 7.2% | 37% | 188 | 0.7 miles |
| Robert Ferguson Primary School | 38% | 5.3% | 25.3% | 409 | 0.8 miles |
| St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle | 41% | 5.3% | 32.8% | 217 | 0.9 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)
- 21.36%
- English as an additional language
- 70.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.64%
- Persistent absence
- 10.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Norman Street Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Carlisle
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The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided)0.6 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle0.7 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
Robert Ferguson Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Carlisle
-
St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle0.9 miles
Primary · Carlisle
Other schools in Carlisle
Brook Street Primary School ranks 36th of the 40 ranked primary schools in Carlisle.
- Armathwaite School Primary
- Belle Vue Primary School Primary
- Bewcastle School Primary
- Blackford CofE 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 Brook Street Primary School teach?
- Brook Street Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Carlisle.
- Who is the headteacher of Brook Street Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brook Street Primary School is Mr Jonathan Bursnall, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Brook Street Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brook Street 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 Brook Street Primary School?
- Brook Street Primary School has 228 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Brook Street Primary School full?
- Brook Street Primary School has capacity for 270 pupils and 228 on roll (84%), 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 Brook Street Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brook Street Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brook Street Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Brook Street Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Brook Street Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brook Street Primary School compare with other schools in Cumberland?
- Brook Street Primary School ranked 88th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brook Street Primary School's absence rate?
- Brook Street 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 Brook Street Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brook Street 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 15 July 2026.