Warwick Bridge Primary School

Type Primary / Foundation school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Unknown
Address Warwick Bridge
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA4 8RE
Phone 01228560390
Reference Number 112404

Warwick Bridge Primary School demonstrates effective leadership and strong community values, maintaining high standards since its previous inspection. The school fosters a welcoming and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and happy. They benefit from a rich curriculum and a variety of extracurricular activities, which encourage personal development and engagement with the wider community. The school is ambitious for all its students, who generally achieve well and exhibit positive attitudes towards learning.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 170
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.82%
Girls: 51.18%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 12 21 33
2 10 9 19
3 16 13 29
4 11 8 19
5 9 7 16
6 8 13 21

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.1%
White, Other 2.9%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 18 Mar 2025
Date Report
18 Mar 2025 School inspection
20 Nov 2019 School inspection
14 Apr 2015 Full inspection:
04 Oct 2013 Monitoring visit
03 Jul 2013 Full inspection:
21 Oct 2009 Full inspection:
17 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
08 Oct 2001 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils feel safe and supported in a welcoming environment.
  • The school provides a rich curriculum that builds progressively.
  • Strong focus on reading with effective phonics instruction.
  • Extracurricular activities enhance pupils' talents and interests.
  • High rates of attendance due to effective support for attendance barriers.
  • Strong support for pupils with SEND, ensuring their needs are met.

Areas for Improvement

  • Assessment processes in some subjects are not fully effective.
  • Some gaps in pupils' knowledge are not consistently addressed.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 59%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.1
Writing -3
Maths -2.4

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 11 0
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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