Bewcastle School

Bewcastle School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard of education across various domains. The recent inspection highlighted the positive environment in which pupils thrive, with strong relationships between students and staff. Leaders have worked diligently to improve the curriculum and ensure that pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve commendably. The school environment is nurturing, and pupils benefit from a range of enriching experiences that foster their personal development. However, some areas for improvement have been identified, particularly concerning curriculum delivery and staff support for teaching mixed-age classes.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enjoy a supportive learning environment.
• Leaders have high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Curriculum has been significantly overhauled to aid pupil achievement.
• Pupils engage well in swimming lessons and local community activities.
• Behaviour among pupils is exemplary and inclusive.

Areas for Improvement

• Staff require further support to effectively teach mixed-age classes.
• Some subjects do not provide sufficient work for pupils to develop secure knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2014–15 pupils at Bewcastle School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 96.0%). 10.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 8.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2017–18, 0.0% of pupils at Bewcastle School were suspended at least once (nationally 0.6%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2017–18 Bewcastle School had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.9). Of its teachers in 2017–18, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 20.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

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What is Bewcastle School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bewcastle School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Bewcastle School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bewcastle School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Bewcastle School have?

Bewcastle School has 19 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bewcastle School cover?

Bewcastle School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Bewcastle School?

Bewcastle School is at Roadhead, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA6 6PF.