Norman Street Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Carlisle, Cumberland
Norman Street Primary School is a primary school in Carlisle, Cumberland for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 April 2024.
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Catchment area for Norman Street 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
- Norman Street, Carlisle, CA1 2BQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cumberland
- Pupils on roll
- 322 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils and their families are proud to be part of the positive learning community at Norman Street Primary School.”
- “Staff know children and their families well.”
- “This enables staff to successfully remove any barriers to pupils attending and enjoying school.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, changes to the curriculum are more recent.”
- “From time to time, this hinders some staff from choosing the most appropriate activities to support pupils to learn as deeply as they could.”
- “In subjects where improvements are more recent, the school’s current assessment strategies are not as well matched to the curriculum as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 59% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Brook Street Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle 0.6 mi School remains Good
- The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided) 0.8 mi Good
- Robert Ferguson Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Inglewood Infant School 1.0 mi Good
- Inglewood Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle 1.0 mi Not judged
- Upperby Primary School 1.2 mi Good