Pennine Way Primary School, Carlisle

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Pennine Way Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 70% in Cumberland and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 74% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 49 families put Pennine Way Primary School as their first choice and 84 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Pennine Way Primary School are Inglewood Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 62% reading, 66% maths); Inglewood Infant School (0.6 miles, Good); Scotby CofE Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 85% reading, 88% maths); and St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle (0.9 miles, 80% reading, 75% maths).

Pennine Way Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

11.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Carlisle Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Arroya (opposite), 30 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 166 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Cumberland (22), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Pennine Way Primary School issued 14 suspensions, 2.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Pennine Way Primary School are St John Henry Newman Catholic School (0.2 miles) and Richard Rose Central Academy (1.6 miles).