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Crosby-on-Eden CofE School

Primary · Carlisle · CA6 4QN

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 June 2024

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At a glance

93 pupils · 93% of 100 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
4.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.crosby-on-eden.cumbria.sch.uk
URN
138896

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 11 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 25 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

11 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

8 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
88%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school88%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
Cumberland average56.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolYork · 97 miles awayGood73%
Maids Moreton Church of England SchoolMaids Moreton · 216 miles awayOutstanding63%
Chew Magna Primary SchoolBristol · 246 miles awayGood69%
Threshfield Primary SchoolSkipton · 69 miles awayGood73%
Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSelby · 109 miles awayGood57%
Newbald Primary SchoolYork · 119 miles awayStrong standard100%
Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · 241 miles awayGood (2015)75%
Bledington Primary SchoolChipping Norton · 215 miles awayGood56%
Griffydam Primary SchoolCoalville · 161 miles awayGood64%
St James Church of England Primary AcademyRugeley · 157 miles awayGood45%
Guilsborough Church of England Primary SchoolNorthampton · 193 miles awayGood73%
Swinford Church of England Primary SchoolLutterworth · 187 miles awayNo current grade44%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 96% (Cumberland 88%, England 60%) · Any other White background 2% (Cumberland 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Cumberland 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Cumberland 2%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cumberland: 1.65 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

28.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,948; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,593
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £134,000; in-year balance -£44,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.7%62.3%
Social housing1.8%17.1%
Privately rented13.5%20.5%
Detached houses65.7%22.9%
Flats1.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019239 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£402,50010 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£317,500–£466,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£395,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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