Caldew School is a secondary school located in Carlisle. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 07/06/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Dalston, Carlisle, CA5 7NN
Website: http://caldew.cumbria.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01228710044
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Victoria Jackson
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137254

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/06/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1050
Number of Pupils: 938
Number of Boys: 487
Number of Girls: 451

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.21 Confidence interval -0.4 to -0.02
Of the 175 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 172 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:56%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:41%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Michael's CofE Primary School
Dalston , CA5 7LN
2out of 4 240 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Caldew School
Dalston , CA5 7NN
2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.