Schools in CA3
Primary and secondary schools serving CA3, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Council
- Cumberland
- Region
- North West
- Population
- 21,501 (2024)
Schools in CA3
8 schools in CA3: 4 primary, 1 secondary and 3 other, including 2 independent. 100% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. They’re 93% full overall, and 3 have more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Excellent12.5%
- Good62.5%
- Not rated25%
The largest schools here
- Trinity SchoolSecondary · ages 11–18 · Faith school · 1,711 pupils · 114% fullGood1 mile · April 2015
- Stanwix SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · 367 pupils · 84% fullGood0.3 miles · March 2023
- Kingmoor Junior SchoolPrimary · ages 7–11 · 316 pupils · 105% fullGood0.7 miles · January 2026
- Kingmoor Nursery and Infant SchoolPrimary · ages 3–7 · 312 pupils · 97% fullGood0.7 miles · March 2023
- Austin FriarsOther · ages 3–18 · Independent · Faith school · 278 pupils · 42% fullNot rated0.4 miles
- James Rennie SchoolOther · ages 3–19 · 217 pupils · 111% fullExcellent1 mile · January 2023
- Houghton CofE SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · Faith school · 179 pupils · 85% fullGood1.2 miles · May 2026
- Progress Schools - CarlisleOther · ages 13–16 · Independent · 9 pupils · 22% fullNot rated1.1 miles
Ofsted replaced single overall grades with report cards in November 2025. The rating shown here reflects each school’s latest inspection: its new report card where it has one, or its most recent graded inspection otherwise. Check the inspection date beside each school.
Occupancy compares pupils on roll with published school capacity. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information About Schools), Ofsted, and the Welsh and Scottish school registers. Open Government Licence v3.0.