Ireby CofE School
near Bothel, CA7 1DS · Cumberland local authority
What stands out about Ireby CofE School
- Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 54% of England’s primary schools
- Room to spare: 38 pupils for 56 places
- 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, March 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Outside any built-up area: listed with Bothel, the nearest town
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (5 of 5)
- Homes in its postcode sector (CA7 1) sold for a median £238,000; Bothel’s is £285,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 64%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 54% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Cumberland avg 55%
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Ireby CofE School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Cumberland council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Cumberland council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Bothel and Cumberland, side by side
2023–2025All 125 graded primaries in Cumberland. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Bothel’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shankhill CofE Primary School | A+ | 11% | 89% |
| Irthington Village School | A+ | 3% | 88% |
| Bowness-on-Solway Primary School | A+ | 18% | 87% |
| Stoneraise School | A+ | 9% | 85% |
| Bridekirk Dovenby CofE Primary School | A+ | 0% | 85% |
| Crosby-on-Eden CofE School | A+ | 4% | 84% |
| Bookwell Primary School | A | 12% | 81% |
| Jericho Primary School | A | 11% | 80% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | A | 23% | 78% |
| Bassenthwaite Primary School | A | 17% | 77% |
| St James' CofE Junior School | A | 14% | 76% |
| Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy | A | 5% | 76% |
| Allonby Primary School | A− | 26% | 75% |
| Great Corby School and Nursery | A− | 6% | 74% |
| Lanercost CofE Primary School | A− | 9% | 73% |
| Fairfield Primary School | A− | 6% | 73% |
| Raughton Head CofE School & Nursery | A− | 9% | 72% |
| Wiggonby CofE School | A− | 2% | 72% |
| Broughton Primary School | A− | 8% | 72% |
| Gosforth CofE Primary School and Nursery | A− | 3% | 71% |
| Thursby Primary School | B+ | 16% | 69% |
| Moresby Primary School | B+ | 5% | 69% |
| St Bridget's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 23% | 69% |
| Hayton CofE Primary School | B+ | 5% | 69% |
| Scotby CofE Primary School | B+ | 7% | 69% |
| Derwent Vale Primary and Nursery School | B+ | 39% | 68% |
| Castle Carrock School | B+ | 26% | 68% |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 29% | 68% |
| Captain Shaw's CofE School | B | 21% | 67% |
| Richmond Hill School | B | 30% | 66% |
| Belle Vue Primary School | B | 20% | 66% |
| Houghton CofE School | B | 6% | 65% |
| St James' Catholic Primary School | B | 17% | 65% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | B | 30% | 65% |
| Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport | B | 38% | 65% |
| Kingmoor Junior School | B− | 17% | 64% |
| Ireby CofE School | B− | 14% | 64% |
| Rosley CofE School | B− | 6% | 64% |
| Ennerdale and Kinniside CofE Primary School | B− | 6% | 63% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | B− | 47% | 63% |
| Brampton Primary School | B− | 28% | 63% |
| Longtown Primary School | B− | 26% | 63% |
| Wreay Church of England Primary School | B− | 16% | 63% |
| St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle | B− | 29% | 63% |
| Rockcliffe CofE School | B− | 9% | 62% |
| Westfield Nursery and Primary School | B− | 61% | 62% |
| Haverigg Primary School | B− | 9% | 61% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | B− | 21% | 61% |
| Beckstone Primary School | B− | 15% | 61% |
| Pennine Way Primary School | C+ | 28% | 60% |
| Oughterside Primary School | C+ | 32% | 59% |
| Maryport CofE Primary School | C+ | 14% | 59% |
| Plumbland CofE School | C+ | 13% | 59% |
| St Matthew's CofE School | C+ | 6% | 58% |
| Bewcastle School | C | 35% | 57% |
| Norman Street Primary School | C | 22% | 56% |
| Beckermet CofE School | C | 3% | 55% |
| Stanwix School | C | 9% | 55% |
| St Begh's Catholic Junior School | C | 35% | 54% |
| Lorton School | C | 4% | 54% |
| Caldew Lea School | C | 33% | 54% |
| Ashfield Junior School | C− | 20% | 53% |
| Upperby Primary School | C− | 30% | 53% |
| Kirkbampton CofE School | C− | 6% | 53% |
| St Herbert's CofE (VA) Primary and Nursery School | C− | 5% | 53% |
| Burgh by Sands School | C− | 5% | 51% |
| Cumwhinton School | C− | 8% | 51% |
| Yewdale School | C− | 16% | 51% |
| Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior School | C− | 15% | 50% |
| St Bridget's CofE School | C− | 29% | 50% |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School | C− | 30% | 50% |
| Dearham Primary School | C− | 17% | 50% |
| Dean CofE School | C− | 3% | 50% |
| Arlecdon Primary School | C− | 13% | 50% |
| St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle | C− | 33% | 50% |
| St Bees Village Primary School | C− | 7% | 50% |
| Newlaithes Junior School | C− | 21% | 49% |
| Silloth Primary School | C− | 22% | 49% |
| Frizington Community Primary School | C− | 15% | 48% |
| Robert Ferguson Primary School | C− | 24% | 48% |
| Warwick Bridge Primary School | C− | 14% | 48% |
| Flimby Primary School | C− | 26% | 48% |
| Thomlinson Junior School | D | 15% | 47% |
| Moor Row Community Primary School | D | 15% | 47% |
| Bransty Primary School | D | 22% | 47% |
| Boltons CofE School | D | 4% | 47% |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School | D | 11% | 47% |
| Borrowdale CofE Primary School | D | 19% | 47% |
| Waberthwaite CofE School | D | 4% | 47% |
| Distington Community School | D | 36% | 47% |
| Cummersdale School | D | 16% | 46% |
| Thornhill Primary School | D | 28% | 46% |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington | D | 41% | 46% |
| St Bega's CofE Primary School | D | 19% | 45% |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School | D | 21% | 45% |
| Braithwaite CofE Primary School | D | 8% | 45% |
| Hensingham Primary School | D | 30% | 45% |
| Thwaites School | D | 21% | 44% |
| Valley Primary School and Nursery | D | 38% | 44% |
| Newtown Primary School | D | 63% | 44% |
| Inglewood Junior School | D | 44% | 42% |
| Kirkbride Primary School | D | 6% | 41% |
| Lowca Community School | D | 33% | 41% |
| Monkwray Junior School | D | 37% | 41% |
| The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided) | D | 50% | 41% |
| Black Combe Junior School | D | 35% | 40% |
| Seascale Primary School | D | 13% | 40% |
| Brook Street Primary School | D | 18% | 40% |
| Gilsland CofE Primary School | D | 22% | 40% |
| St Bridget's CofE School | D | 11% | 39% |
| Holme St Cuthbert School | D− | 19% | 38% |
| Ewanrigg Junior School | D− | 65% | 38% |
| Orgill Primary School | D− | 27% | 38% |
| Fir Ends Primary School | D− | 6% | 37% |
| Montreal CofE Primary School | D− | 43% | 37% |
| Blackford CofE Primary School | D− | 18% | 35% |
| Blennerhasset School | D− | 3% | 34% |
| Fellview Primary School | D− | 0% | 33% |
| Northside Primary School | D− | 72% | 33% |
| Crosscanonby St John's CofE School | D− | 26% | 32% |
| Hallbankgate Village School | D− | 16% | 26% |
| Great Orton Primary School | D− | 43% | 25% |
| Victoria Junior School | D− | 35% | 25% |
| Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School | D− | 33% | 25% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | D− | 36% | 16% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 202536 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Ireby CofE School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2024.
Living near Ireby CofE School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in CA7 1, the school’s postcode sector
Bothel property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in CA7 1 sell for well under Bothel’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Location
Directions ↗near Bothel, CA7 1DS
Primary schools near Ireby CofE School
The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.
Ireby CofE School: common questions
Is Ireby CofE School a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 54% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 64% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, March 2024.
How hard is it to get into Ireby CofE School?
For September 2026, 5 families put Ireby CofE School first and all of them were offered a place; 5 places were offered in all.
What is Ireby CofE School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2024).
How much do houses cost near Ireby CofE School?
Homes in its postcode sector, CA7 1, sold for a median £238,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (52 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bothel’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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