Great Orton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Carlisle, Cumberland
Great Orton Primary School is a primary school in Carlisle, Cumberland for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 January 2023.
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Catchment area for Great Orton Primary School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Great Orton, Carlisle, CA5 6NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cumberland
- Pupils on roll
- 35 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 11.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this small school family.”
- “They are polite, friendly and respectful.”
- “Pupils look after one another and make sure that everyone is included in school life.”
To improve
- “Despite the strengths in the curriculum, in a few subjects, the improvements are very new.”
- “Pupils in key stage 2 have some gaps in their knowledge in these subjects.”
- “For example, in history, some older pupils do not know enough about how events in the past still influence us in the present day.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 7 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 7 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cumberland.
- Kirkbampton CofE School 2.0 mi Good
- Wiggonby CofE School 2.1 mi School remains Good
- Thursby Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good
- Yewdale School 2.7 mi School remains Good
- Burgh by Sands School 3.1 mi School remains Good
- Belle Vue Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged
- St Michael's CofE Primary School 3.4 mi Good
- Newlaithes Infant School 3.4 mi Good