St Bede's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-bedes-catholic-primary-school-cumberland-north-west

North WestRegion

CumberlandLocal Authority

CarlisleConstituency

CA2 7DSPostcode

2.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St Bede's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Cumberland, North West.

It currently serves 213 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 40%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

63%

Asian

22%

Black

11%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

213

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

40%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 213
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
26 Mar 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
7 May 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.