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Gillford Centre

Alternative provisionAges 5–16Pupil referral unit

Carlisle, CA2 4JE · Cumberland local authority

Carlisle’s School Grade D better than 9% of towns in England

How full
56 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
55%
55 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Gillford Centre

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 55% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, January 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CA2 4) sold for a median £144,500; Carlisle’s is £152,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

68 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.

SEN support
67.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
32.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
61.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 28%Boys 72%
Its letter

No letter for Gillford Centre

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, January 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Gillford Centre

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CA2 4, the school’s postcode sector

Carlisle property prices →
£144,500
median sale, 484 sales in 36 months · Carlisle £152,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025CA2 4Carlisle
CA2 4Carlisle

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£325K
Semi-detached
£155K
Terraced
£118K
Flat
£115K
CA2 4Carlisle

Homes in CA2 4 sell for a little under Carlisle’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

16 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDDCC−DC−C−DC+DCDC−B−C−Gillford Centre
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Carlisle, CA2 4JE

Gillford Centre: common questions

What is Gillford Centre’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (January 2023).

How much do houses cost near Gillford Centre?

Homes in its postcode sector, CA2 4, sold for a median £144,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (484 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; Carlisle’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.