Joshua Mangas
School Intel

St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle

  • Primary
  • Academy converter
  • Ages 3 to 11
  • Roman Catholic

URN 148700 · Cumberland · MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

In Cumberland

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

21 November 2017

Overall effectiveness
Good

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Ungraded inspection

30 March 2023

“School remains Good”

An ungraded inspection checks that the school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection. It does not give a new grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Cumberland and England, primary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

7.2%

Cumberland
4.8%
England
5.2%

2.0 percentage points higher than England.

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Overall absence
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published4.2%
2018/19Not publishedNot published4.0%
2020/21Not publishedNot published3.6%
2021/227.6%Not published6.3%
2022/238.3%Not published5.9%
2023/246.9%5.3%5.5%
2024/257.2%4.8%5.2%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

20.9%

Cumberland
10.2%
England
13.0%

7.9 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published8.7%
2018/19Not publishedNot published8.2%
2020/21Not publishedNot published8.8%
2021/2225.8%Not published17.7%
2022/2328.2%Not published16.2%
2023/2423.5%13.2%14.6%
2024/2520.9%10.2%13.0%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

1.9%

Cumberland
0.5%
England
0.9%

1.0 percentage point higher than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published0.4%
2018/19Not publishedNot published0.4%
2020/21Not publishedNot published0.7%
2021/220.8%Not published0.6%
2022/232.3%Not published0.7%
2023/240.8%0.4%0.9%
2024/251.9%0.5%0.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Cumberland and England, primary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

5.98

Cumberland
1.65
England
2.47

3.51 higher than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published1.40
2018/19Not publishedNot published1.41
2019/20Not publishedNot published1.00
2020/21Not publishedNot published0.99
2021/226.02Not published1.42
2022/230.00Not published1.81
2023/240.002.112.27
2024/255.981.652.47

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Cumberland
0.04
England
0.03

0.03 lower than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published0.03
2018/19Not publishedNot published0.02
2019/20Not publishedNot published0.02
2020/21Not publishedNot published0.01
2021/220.00Not published0.02
2022/230.00Not published0.03
2023/240.000.020.03
2024/250.000.040.03

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 2 results

Against Cumberland and England, primary schools.

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard

2024/25

60%

Cumberland
56%
England
63%

3 percentage points lower than England.

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Reading, writing and maths: expected standard
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published59%
2022/2348%54%60%
2023/2443%54%61%
2024/2560%56%63%
2025/26 (provisional)Not published55%63%

Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.

Reading, writing and maths: higher standard

2024/25

10%

Cumberland
5%
England
8%

2 percentage points higher than England.

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Reading, writing and maths: higher standard
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published7%
2022/2313%5%8%
2023/240%6%8%
2024/2510%5%8%
2025/26 (provisional)Not published6%9%

Pupils at the end of key stage 2 who met the higher standard in reading, writing and maths combined. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 2 attainment, 2024/25.

Pupils

Against Cumberland and England, primary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

32.1%

Cumberland
20.1%
England
24.7%

7.4 percentage points higher than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/2235.3%Not published23.1%
2022/2334.3%Not published24.0%
2023/2431.0%20.2%24.3%
2024/2532.1%20.1%24.7%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

13.6%

Cumberland
13.4%
England
15.0%

1.4 percentage points lower than England.

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SEN support
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/2217.3%Not published13.0%
2022/2310.2%Not published13.5%
2023/246.5%13.0%14.1%
2024/2513.6%13.4%15.0%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

6.5%

Cumberland
4.4%
England
3.5%

3.0 percentage points higher than England.

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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/224.5%Not published2.3%
2022/232.9%Not published2.5%
2023/242.4%3.9%3.0%
2024/256.5%4.4%3.5%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

31.5%

Cumberland
6.4%
England
23.4%

8.1 percentage points higher than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/2236.1%Not published21.2%
2022/2335.0%Not published22.0%
2023/2429.8%5.6%22.8%
2024/2531.5%6.4%23.4%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Cumberland and England, primary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

18.7

Cumberland
19.1
England
21.2

2.5 lower than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published21.3
2018/19Not publishedNot published21.4
2019/20Not publishedNot published21.4
2020/21Not publishedNot published21.1
2021/2215.0Not published21.0
2022/2318.8Not published21.1
2023/2418.319.121.2
2024/2515.819.021.3
2025/2618.719.121.2

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

6.2 days

Cumberland
4.8 days
England
5.0 days

1.2 days higher than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published4.0 days
2018/19Not publishedNot published4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/21Not publishedNot published3.9 days
2021/22Not publishedNot published6.3 days
2022/232.0 days4.6 days5.2 days
2023/241.5 days4.7 days5.3 days
2024/256.2 days4.8 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
188
Capacity
210
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Age range
3 to 11
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Trust
MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 September 2021
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Carlisle
Special educational needs provision
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Resourced provision
Resourced provision
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 6 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Victoria Road, Botcherby, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2UE

Website: www.st-cuthberts-carlisle.cumbria.sch.uk

Telephone: 01228818201

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Sources and corrections

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St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle, URN 148700. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/148700/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.