Yewdale School

Yewdale School continues to be recognized as a good school, maintaining high expectations for pupil achievement and fostering a positive school environment. Pupils are described as kind, caring, and respectful, which contributes to a welcoming atmosphere for new students. Most pupils, including those with special educational needs, achieve well due to the ambitious curricula developed by the school and the Cumbria Education Trust. The school has also effectively identified and supported SEND pupils, ensuring they learn alongside their peers.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit positive behaviour and take pride in their achievements.
• Strong support for early years education helps children settle quickly.
• A wide range of extracurricular activities enhances pupil development.
• Regular assessments are conducted to identify and close learning gaps.
• Reading is prioritized, allowing pupils to develop strong phonics skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum areas lack clear key knowledge for pupils to learn.
• Misconceptions in learning are not always addressed effectively in certain subjects.

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 2024–25 pupils at Yewdale School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Yewdale School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 2025–26 Yewdale School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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.

In 2025–26, 18.0% of pupils at Yewdale School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Yewdale School received £6,159 and spent £6,561 for each of its 280 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £96,000 (£342 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Cumbria Education Trust, income was £7,121 and spending £7,168 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Carlisle · Cumberland local authority: places and applications

Yewdale School is part of Cumbria Education Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Newtown Primary School Carlisle
• Caldew Lea School Carlisle
• Petteril Bank School Carlisle
• Longtown Primary School Carlisle
• William Howard School Brampton
• Castle Carrock School Brampton
• Yanwath Primary School Penrith
• Workington Academy Workington
• Northside Primary School Workington
• The Whitehaven Academy Whitehaven

What is Yewdale School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Yewdale School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Yewdale School last inspected by Ofsted?

Yewdale School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Yewdale School have?

Yewdale School has 266 pupils on roll.

What age range does Yewdale School cover?

Yewdale School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Yewdale School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Yewdale School?

Yewdale School is at Yewdale Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7SD.