Bewcastle School
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no last distance for this school.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; map: OpenStreetMap contributors, Protomaps.
How it is worked outThe dashed circle is drawn from the school as far as the last child offered a place lived, in a straight line. A red dot is your home, with a line to the school. Tap the map to open the full Schools map.
- Councils measure distance their own way (some by walking route), so the circle is a guide, not a boundary.
We hold no last distance for this school.
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SourceDfE school performance tables.
How it is worked outSchools are ranked on the newest year's DfE results among their council's schools of the same phase; a school with no published figure is not ranked.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Good, June 2023
- Getting in
- Not full for Reception 2026
- Size
- 19 pupils; 2 places a year; classes of 6
- Run by
- Cumberland council
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11 · Mixed
- Sessions missed: 5.1%, against 4.7% in Cumberland.
- Persistently absent: 15.4%, against 9.2% in Cumberland.
- We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 6 June 2023
- Good
- We hold no published results for this school: it may be new, or have no pupils in the tested years.
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 5.1% of sessions missed; 15% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.8% and 16%
- Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 6.3 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
- 8.2 pupils for each teacher
- 0 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 0 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 1.4 µg/m³, PM2.5 4.2 (1 km square, background level)
- We hold no bus or rail stop data near this school.
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (30-40%), the median of 2238 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 3.2% | 1.9% | 15% | 0.0% |
| 2023/24 | 3.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 5.9% | 0.0% |
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 3.4% | 1.2% | 19% | 0.0% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 5.8% | 16% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 1.7 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 6.3 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 0.0% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 8.2 | November 2025 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 0 serious and 0 fatal in all; 0 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 1.4 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 6.4 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 4.2 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 32% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 0.0% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 16% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 5.3% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 42% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2023.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2023 | Graded inspection | Good |
| 23 November 2021 | Ungraded visit | School remains Good (Concerns) |
Admissions
Getting in
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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
- 2 families put it first for 2 places; every one of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
- We can't tell how far Reception places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.
Applications and offers, DfE
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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.
- Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2026 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Reception | 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Reception | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Reception | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Reception | 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reception | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Reception | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Reception | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Reception | 2017 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Reception | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools
- Community school is run by its local council (Cumberland), not by an academy trust.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
Shankhill CofE Primary School4.6 miWalton & Lees Hill CofE School6.2 miLanercost CofE Primary School8.7 miFir Ends Primary School8.8 miCompare side by side →Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Carlisle and the Cumberland league table.
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