James Rennie School is a school located in Carlisle. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 22/05/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 8%, which is 4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: California Road, Carlisle, CA3 0BU
Website: www.jamesrennie.cumbria.sch.uk
Telephone: 01228554280
School Type: Academy special converter
Education phase: Not applicable
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Kris Williams
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 146250

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 22/05/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 150
Number of Pupils: 146
Number of Boys: 109
Number of Girls: 37

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 8% 4%
Persistent absence: 21.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.8 Confidence interval -7.7 to 2.1
Writing
Average: -2.5 Confidence interval -7 to 2.1
Maths
Average: -3.4 Confidence interval -7.8 to 0.9

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -1.25 Confidence interval -2.14 to -0.36
Of the 9 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 8 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:0%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:100%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:11%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:2.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:0.13
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kingmoor Junior School
Liddle Close , Lowry Hill CA3 0DU
3out of 4 985 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School
Hether Drive , Lowry Hill CA3 0ES
3out of 4 1,034 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Houghton CofE School
Jackson Road , Houghton CA3 0PA
3out of 4 1,344 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Stanwix School
Church Street , CA3 9DW
3out of 4 2,355 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
James Rennie School
California Road , Kingstown CA3 0BU
4out of 4 0 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Austin Friars
Etterby Scaur , CA3 9PB
- not rated 2,206 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.