Blackford CofE Primary School
Blackford, Carlisle, CA6 4ES
60 pupils · 107% of 56 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 October 2024, published 19 November 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 13% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.25 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 8 | 10 | 18 | 8 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 6 | 6 | 16 | 6 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 8 | 8 | 19 | 8 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 8 | 9 | 18 | 8 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Houghton CofE School 3.5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Rockcliffe CofE School 3.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Kingmoor Junior School 3.9 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School 4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Stanwix School 5.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Fir Ends Primary School 5.6 km · Standards maintained (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.