Brook Street Primary School

Community school·Primary school Carlisle, Cumberland·CA1 2JB
Composite score
36.1
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#12,108
National rank
#1803
In North West
#71
In Cumberland
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
43%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
37
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Brook Street Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
227
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
70.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,219
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Brook Street Primary School is a primary school serving Carlisle, Cumberland, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 227 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 43% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 16.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Brook Street Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 21.0 pupils per teacher. Brook Street Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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