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Shankhill CofE Primary School

  • Ofsted: Good · Feb 2015
  • Ages 3 to 11
  • CARLISLE CA6
  • 44 pupils

In short: a primary school with a nursery. Ofsted rated it Good, but that was in 2015. Recent results and attendance are above average.

Young children sitting together at a classroom table
A red-brick school building under a blue sky

Eduscope rank score

How it ranks in England

A score out of 100 against schools of the same phase, from Ofsted, results and attendance.

DfE and Ofsted dataHow we work this out

Good to know

  • Good in all 5 areas at its last graded inspection.
  • Results above average. 83% met the standard. England: 62%.
  • Good attendance. 3% of children are often absent. Cumberland: 10%.

Worth checking

  • Old grade. The Good rating is from 2015, before Covid.
Check my chances
  • OfstedGoodFeb 2015, 11 years ago
  • Met the standard at 1183%Cumberland 56% · England 62%
  • Reception, 20267 of 7first choices got a place
  • Free school meals11%Cumberland 20%
  • Pupils44Room for 64, plus 8 in nursery
  • Days missed3.7%About 7 days a year
Then and now

Good in 2015. What's changed since?

Ofsted rated the school Good in 2010. 5 years later it was still Good. Since then it has had two shorter, ungraded visits, so there's no new grade.

Every Ofsted visit

Ofsted inspects every state school every few years. Choose a year to see what they found.

Good or better at all 3 graded inspections since 2006.

What Ofsted found in February 2015

  • LeadershipGood
  • Quality of teachingGood
  • Achievement of pupilsGood
  • Behaviour and safety of pupilsGood
  • Early yearsGood
Read the 2015 report on Ofsted

Earlier visits

Other Ofsted documents (1)

Letters and checks that aren't inspections, such as academy conversions, complaints and desk assessments. They don't change the school's grade.

The four grades, in plain English

Outstanding
Much better than the minimum.
Good
Meets every standard well.
Requires improvement
Not yet good. Ofsted will be back soon.
Inadequate
Serious problems that must be fixed.
Results

How children do by age 11

At the end of Year 6, children take national tests (called SATs) in reading, writing and maths. Latest results: summer 2025.

About 8 in 10 children met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Expected standard means a child is ready for secondary school work in all three subjects. 2025 tests.

83 out of every 100 Year 6 children
Shankhill83%
Cumberland56%
England62%

6 pupils took these tests in 2025, so one child is about 17 percentage points.

Against 4,565 primary schools with a similar share of children on free school meals (6% to 16%), it's ahead of about 95% on the expected standard over recent years.

A girl reading a book on library stairs

Test scores, 2025

100 means the child met the standard. The highest possible is 120.

Reading110
England106
Maths107
England105

Grammar and spelling: 83% met the standard (England 73%).

Every result, year by yearEach England row is the figure for the same year.
20252024202320222021202020192018
Pupils tested67––––79
Met the expected standard83%86%––––86%100%
England62%61%65%64%
Higher standard17%14%––––14%44%
England8%8%11%10%
Reading score110111––––104108
England106105104105
Maths score107109––––107111
England105104105104
Grammar and spelling83%71%––––100%100%
England73%72%78%78%
Disadvantaged pupils30––––20
Other pupils, expected standard–––––––100%
England70%
Reading progress––––––-0.4+1.9
Writing progress––––––+4.4+4.7
Maths progress––––––+1.3+4.9

The expected standard is the level the government expects at the end of Year 6, in reading, writing and maths together. The higher standard is well above it. Scores run from 80 to 120, and 100 meets the expected standard.

Disadvantaged pupils are those on free school meals in the last 6 years, or in care. Each group's England row is the same group across England. Small groups swing a lot from year to year, and a dash means DfE published no figure, often to protect small groups.

Progress compares children with others who started from the same point, and 0 is average. There are no scores after 2023, because the Year 2 tests they're measured from were cancelled in Covid.

Source: DfE, Find school and college performance data.

There were no national tests in 2020 and 2021 because of Covid. Tests came back in 2022, but DfE didn't publish school results for that year.

We don't hold results for 2023.

Shankhill among primary schools in Cumberland

Each dot is one school, placed by the share of children meeting the expected standard.

Cumberland 56%England 62%0%25%50%75%100%Distington Community School: 9%Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School: 10%Blackford CofE Primary School: 13%Crosscanonby St John's CofE School: 18%Blennerhasset School: 29%Victoria Junior School: 29%Thwaites School: 29%Northside Primary School: 30%Fir Ends Primary School: 33%Montreal CofE Primary School: 33%All Saints' CofE School: 35%St Bridget's CofE School: 36%Valley Primary School and Nursery: 36%Braithwaite CofE Primary School: 36%Kirkbride Primary School: 38%Broughton Moor Primary School: 38%Silloth Primary School: 38%Robert Ferguson Primary School: 38%Hallbankgate Village School: 38%Monkwray Junior School: 41%St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle: 41%Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior School: 42%Brook Street Primary School: 43%Waberthwaite CofE School: 43%The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided): 43%Bransty Primary School: 44%Boltons CofE School: 45%St Michael's CofE Primary School: 45%Maryport CofE Primary School: 45%Dean CofE School: 45%Thomlinson Junior School: 46%Inglewood Junior School: 46%Orgill Primary School: 46%Cumwhinton School: 47%St Bridget's CofE School: 47%St Begh's Catholic Junior School: 47%St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington: 47%Ewanrigg Junior School: 48%Burgh by Sands School: 50%Haverigg Primary School: 50%Lowca Community School: 50%Black Combe Junior School: 50%Newlaithes Junior School: 50%Beckermet CofE School: 50%Hensingham Primary School: 50%Petteril Bank School: 50%Pennine Way Primary School: 51%Flimby Primary School: 52%St Patrick's Catholic Primary School: 53%Moor Row Community Primary School: 54%St Herbert's CofE (VA) Primary and Nursery School: 54%Wreay Church of England Primary School: 54%Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport: 54%Seascale Primary School: 55%Stanwix School: 55%Newtown Primary School: 55%Caldew Lea School: 56%St Matthew's CofE School: 57%St Bede's Catholic Primary School: 57%Rockcliffe CofE School: 58%Dearham Primary School: 58%Richmond Hill School: 59%Norman Street Primary School: 59%Warwick Bridge Primary School: 59%Kingmoor Junior School: 60%Brampton Primary School: 60%St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle: 60%Upperby Primary School: 61%St Bees Village Primary School: 61%Ashfield Junior School: 62%St Bridget's Catholic Primary School: 62%Kirkbampton CofE School: 63%St James' Catholic Primary School: 64%Westfield Nursery and Primary School: 64%Beckstone Primary School: 65%Derwent Vale Primary and Nursery School: 67%Plumbland CofE School: 67%Rosley CofE School: 67%Lorton School: 67%Houghton CofE School: 68%Yewdale School: 68%Longtown Primary School: 68%Belle Vue Primary School: 69%St Mary's Catholic Primary School: 69%Frizington Community Primary School: 70%Raughton Head CofE School & Nursery: 70%St Patrick's Catholic Primary School: 70%Castle Carrock School: 70%Broughton Primary School: 72%Cummersdale School: 73%Thursby Primary School: 74%St James' CofE Junior School: 74%Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy: 74%Wiggonby CofE School: 75%Bowness-on-Solway Primary School: 75%St Mary's Catholic Primary School: 76%Irthington Village School: 78%Ennerdale and Kinniside CofE Primary School: 78%Scotby CofE Primary School: 78%Bookwell Primary School: 80%Moresby Primary School: 80%Great Corby School and Nursery: 80%Gosforth CofE Primary School and Nursery: 81%Lanercost CofE Primary School: 82%Fairfield Primary School: 83%Shankhill: 83%Bridekirk Dovenby CofE Primary School: 87%Hayton CofE Primary School: 88%Crosby-on-Eden CofE School: 88%Jericho Primary School: 89%Stoneraise School: 90%St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School: 91%Shankhill 83%
Shankhill is higher than 104 of 111 other Cumberland state primary schools in 2025.
Getting in

Could your child get a place?

In 2026 every family who put Shankhill first got a place.

16 families applied and 7 were offered Reception places

Families list several schools, so this counts every family who listed it, not only those who put it first. 7 families put it first, and all of them got a place.

● 7 places: each figure is about 10

Over the last 3 rounds, 21 of 21 families who put it first got a place (100%). Room for 64 suggests about 9 places a year. The exact number is in the school's admissions policy.

Demand is about 16 times what it was 11 years ago

Applications each year. The black line is how many places were offered. Places grew too, from 1 to 7. Applications rose from 9 in 2025 to 16.

ApplicationsPlaces offered

Who gets a place first

When there are more children than places, most schools give places in an order like this. Check the school's own policy.

  1. 1Children in care, or who used to be
  2. 2Children with a brother or sister already at the school
  3. 3Families of the school's faith, if it's a faith school

Good to know: a place in the nursery doesn't guarantee a Reception place. You still need to apply.

How close do you need to live? Ask the council for Cumberland for the last distance offered. Many councils publish it each year, but there's no national file, so we don't hold it.

If you don't get a place: you can appeal. In Cumberland, 3 of the 7 appeals heard for places from September 2025 succeeded. Across England, 15% did.

A parent walking two children along the pavement
Three children with backpacks crossing a street

Applying for September 2027

These dates are for the next round. The figures above are for children who started in September 2026.

  • Now

    Open days run in the autumn. Ask the school for dates.

  • 15 Jan 2027

    Deadline to apply to the council for Cumberland.

  • 16 Apr 2027

    Offers day. You'll hear from the council.

  • Sep 2027

    Your child starts Reception.

Applications and offers, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
202620252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Applications1691210836118281
First choices768762274261
Offers made768762274261
Offers to first choices768762274261
First choices who got a place100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
England92%93%93%93%92%92%90%91%91%90%88%88%

Each year is the September children started. A first choice is a family who put the school first on their form. Offers are those made on national offer day, so later moves aren't counted. They can differ from the school's full number of places, which is in its admissions policy.

Source: DfE, Applications and offers.

Day to day

Life at Shankhill

The average child misses about 7 days a year

That's 3.7% of the school year, for any reason including illness. And 1 in 29 children (3%) missed at least 1 day in 10, which counts as persistently absent. Cumberland: 10%. England, primary schools: about 13%.

In schoolMissed

No pupils were suspended in 2024/25

Across England, similar schools: 1.1%. No permanent exclusions.

Nursery classFrom age 3. 8 children this year.

Before and after schoolWe don't hold club times. Ask the school.

Pupils

Who goes to Shankhill

A steady school: 43 pupils in 2018, 44 now.

Year 6, in darker blue, is the year group that sits the tests at 11.
Children in front of a bookshelf

Ethnic background

98% White British · 2% White & Asian

  • 11.4%

    Free school meals

    Children from lower-income families. The school gets extra money to support them.

    Cumberland20%

  • 0%

    English as an additional language

    Children who speak another language at home. It says nothing about how well they speak English.

    Cumberland7.2%

  • 6.8%

    Special educational needs

    Children with special educational needs, with or without an EHC plan.

    Main needs recorded (pupils)

    • Moderate learning difficulty2
    • Social, emotional and mental health1

    Cumberland18.8%

  • 0%

    EHC plan

    Children with a legal plan for more complex needs (an Education, Health and Care plan).

Pupils and attendance, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
2026202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Pupils on roll444346474250–3943––––
Days missed–3.7%4.6%5.3%5.4%2.7%–4.6%3.1%3%3.4%2.2%2.7%
England5.2%5.5%5.9%6.3%3.7%4%4.2%4%4%4%3.9%
Often absent–3.4%6.5%21.2%10.3%5%–9.1%10.3%0%9.1%3%6.3%
England13%14.5%16.2%17.7%8.8%8.2%8.7%8.3%8.2%8.4%8%

Each year is the school year ending that summer, so 2025 means 2024-25. Days missed is the share of school sessions missed for any reason. Often absent is the share of pupils missing at least 1 day in 10.

Source: DfE, school census and pupil absence.

Attendance for 2026 isn't published yet.

2021 attendance was shaped by Covid, so read it with care.

There are no 2020 figures: Covid stopped the attendance count, and we don't hold that year's pupil numbers.

Our pupil numbers start in 2018.

Open day

What to ask when you visit

Based on what the data says about Shankhill. Take this list with you.

  1. 1“What did Ofsted say on its March 2024 visit?”The Good grade is from 2015. The newer report is the best guide to the school today.
  2. 2“How will you use the money in reserve?”The school had £42,233 saved at the last count.
  3. 3“Does a nursery place help with getting into Reception?”In 2026, 16 families applied and 7 were offered places.
  4. 4“How do you support children who need extra help?”6.8% of pupils have special educational needs here.
Nearby

Other primary schools nearby

Popular schools fill up, so it's wise to list more than one. Here's how Shankhill compares with its neighbours.

See all Cumberland primaries
Ofsted: GoodYou're here

Shankhill CofE Primary School

CA6 6JA · Voluntary Controlled School · 44 pupils

Met the standard
83%
Days missed
3.7%
Pupils per teacher
14.2
Ofsted: Good

Fir Ends Primary School

CA6 6AY · State · Primary · Ages 3–11

Met the standard
33%
Days missed
3.8%
Pupils per teacher
16.9
Ofsted: Good

Bewcastle School

CA6 6PF · State · Primary · Ages 3–11

Days missed
5.1%
Pupils per teacher
8.2
Ofsted: Good in every area

Walton & Lees Hill CofE School

CA8 2BB · State · Primary · Ages 2–11

Days missed
3.8%
Pupils per teacher
7.0

Keep an eye on Shankhill

We'll email you when there's a new Ofsted report, new results or new admissions figures. Nothing else.

Staff and money

Teachers, and what the school spends

1 teacher for every 14 children

Children per teacher across the whole school, not class size. Cumberland: 18.9. England, primary schools: 20.7. Counting teaching assistants and other support staff, there's 1 adult for every 10 children.

Average class: 28 children.

3.1teachers (full-time equivalent)
1.3teaching assistants
100%of teachers fully qualified
Pupils in a classroom while their teacher presents
Staff, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
2026202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011
Pupils per teacher14.213.113.712.112.911.516.412.913.37.837.738.9811.49.512.9
England20.720.820.820.720.620.620.920.920.920.620.520.420.520.520.520.5
Teachers (full-time)3.13.13.13.52.942.82.834.11.113.32.23.32.9
Teaching assistants1.31.30.821.41.30.60.40.721.61.11.10.40.9–
Qualified teachers100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%

Each year is the November staff count of that school year, so 2025 means 2024-25. Pupils per teacher covers the whole school, not class size. Full-time counts two half-time teachers as one. Qualified means holding qualified teacher status.

Source: DfE, School workforce in England.

£10,994 spent on each child a year

2025 to 2026. Up from £5,738 in 2015. Cumberland: £8,091.

  • Staff (teachers, assistants and others)£8,15774%
  • Buildings and grounds£6446%
  • Everything else: books, IT, food, supplies£2,19320%
Money in
£11,057
Spent
£10,994

These are the school's own accounts. In 2025-26 it took in £2,770 more than it spent (£63 per pupil). Money left over goes into its reserves.

The school had £42,233 saved (£960 per pupil) in 2026. Reserves are for a rainy day, but they're meant to benefit pupils. Worth asking how they'll be used.

Money per pupil, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
202620252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Spending£10,994£11,526£10,459£10,718£10,367£7,008£6,269£7,768£5,896£7,659£5,950£5,738
England£7,039£6,588£6,167£5,758£5,397£5,306£5,126£5,058£5,066
Income£11,057£11,677£10,489£9,735£10,887£7,886£6,308£7,362£5,894£7,693£6,371£5,740
Staff costs£8,157£8,517£7,548£7,465£7,549£5,253£4,576£5,575£4,319£5,388––
Buildings and grounds£644£913£807£990£1,057£447£237£315£269£378––
Reserves£960£974£784£746£1,956£1,174£299£331£664£820£638£215

Each year is the financial year ending in that year. Per pupil means the year's total divided by the number of pupils. These are day-to-day figures: big building projects aren't counted.

Source: DfE, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

The basics

School details

Ages
3 to 11, with nursery
Type
Voluntary Controlled School
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Size
44 pupils (8 in nursery), 64 places
Headteacher
Mrs Lynnsey Batey
Council
Cumberland
Address
Hethersgill, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA6 6JA
Phone
01228 577264
Website
www.shankhill.cumbria.sch.uk
School number (URN)
112259 · See it on the government register
Questions

Questions parents ask

Is Shankhill CofE Primary School a good school?

Ofsted rated it Good in February 2015. That's a while ago. In 2025, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Cumberland and 62% across England. Visit, and read the latest inspection report.

What is Shankhill CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated it Good in February 2015. That's a while ago. Ofsted no longer gives one overall grade, so its next inspection will give a report card that grades each area. The full report on Ofsted's website explains what it does well and what it needs to improve.

What are Shankhill CofE Primary School's SATs results?

In 2025, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Cumberland and 62% across England. 17% reached the higher standard, against 5% in Cumberland and 8% across England. Its average scaled scores were 110 in reading and 107 in maths, where 100 is the expected standard.

How does Shankhill CofE Primary School compare with other schools in Cumberland?

83% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2025. That puts it joint 7th of 112 mainstream state primary schools in Cumberland with published results that year.

How hard is it to get a place?

In 2026, 16 families applied and 7 were offered Reception places, and 7 families put it as their first choice. Every family who put it first got a place that year.

Does Shankhill have a nursery?

Yes, it has a nursery class. A nursery place doesn't guarantee a Reception place, so you still need to apply.

Is it a faith school?

Yes. Its religious character is Church of England. Faith schools can give priority to families of that faith, so check its admissions policy.

How do you work out the Eduscope rank score?

We compare the school with others of the same phase across England on its latest Ofsted inspection, results and attendance, and turn that into a score out of 100. The weights are on our methodology page. Admissions, staff and money aren't part of it.

Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce, academy accounts, admissions statistics, Ofsted and ISI. Photos are stand-ins. School details and inspections checked against official records on 5 November 2026.

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