Pennine Way Primary School
Edgehill Road, Carlisle, CA1 3SN
558 pupils · 89% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Free school meals
- 27.9%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
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 9 June 2022, published 25 July 2022. 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 | 51% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 6% |
“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 — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 50 | 49 | 84 | 50 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 55 | 54 | 86 | 55 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 55 | 54 | 86 | 54 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 73 | 65 | 99 | 73 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 61 | 60 | 96 | 61 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 78 | 75 | 119 | 78 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 69 | 67 | 98 | 69 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 74 | 72 | 112 | 74 |
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
- Inglewood Junior School 0.8 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Inglewood Infant School 0.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Scotby CofE Primary School 1.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Petteril Bank School 1.5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Norman Street Primary School 2.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
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.