Northside Primary School, Workington

From the headteacher's welcome: "Northside Primary School is a happy, caring and safe community which offers a stimulating learning environment. We aim to provide every child with the very best start to their education through vibrant and engaging teaching. We enable all children to become active learners through an exciting, broad and balanced curriculum. Your child is at the heart of everything we do."

The school runs a breakfast club.

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils at Northside Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 50% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 70% in Cumberland and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 63% in reading and 88% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 4 families put Northside Primary School as their first choice and 6 named it as one of their preferences, for 4 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Northside Primary School are St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 75% reading, 78% maths); St Michael's Nursery and Infant School (0.6 miles, Good); Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior School (1 mile, Good, 62% reading, 58% maths); and Victoria Junior School (1 mile, Good, 52% reading, 49% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Northside Primary School.

Northside Primary School is one of 17 schools run by Cumbria Education Trust, an academy trust.

12 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Northside Primary School (as of September 2025): 75% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school has high expectations for their child (67%).

70.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (88%) and Asian (5%).

In 2026, 17 pupils (22.7%) received SEN support and 10 (13.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Northside Primary School had 6 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Station Entrance, about 1000 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (near), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Northside Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 156 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cumberland (22), as is usual near a town centre.

Northside Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Northside Primary School are St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington (1 mile); and Workington Academy (1.1 miles).