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Carlisle Infant School

PrimaryAges 4–7Community

Richmond upon Thames, TW12 3AJ · Richmond upon Thames local authority

Richmond upon Thames’s School Grade A+ better than 98% of towns in England

Getting in
71/71
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
212 pupils
88% of its 240 places
Free school meals
11%
11 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Carlisle Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (71 of 71)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TW12 3) sold for a median £495,000; Richmond upon Thames’s is £715,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Carlisle Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

71
families put it first for September 2026
80
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (8), 2020 (7), 2022 (5). 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. Richmond upon Thames council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Richmond upon Thames council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Richmond upon Thames, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

2.13 per place
47% got their first choice
1.78 per place
56% got their first choice
1.60 per place
63% got their first choice
1.21 per place
82% got their first choice
1.17 per place
85% got their first choice
1.13 per place
86% got their first choice
1.13 per place
79% got their first choice
1.10 per place
85% got their first choice
1.07 per place
81% got their first choice
Carlisle Infant
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

234 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
18.4%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
25.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.1%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Carlisle Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

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, September 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Carlisle Infant School

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

Home prices in TW12 3, the school’s postcode sector

Richmond upon Thames property prices →
£495,000
median sale, 252 sales in 36 months · Richmond upon Thames £715,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K£800K2010201520202025TW12 3Richmond upon Thames
TW12 3Richmond upon Thames

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£1.1M
Semi-detached
£653K
Terraced
£450K
Flat
£315K
TW12 3Richmond upon Thames

Homes in TW12 3 sell for well under Richmond upon Thames’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

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−ABA−CA+A+A−A−AB+A−B−B−C−B+Carlisle Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Richmond upon Thames, TW12 3AJ

Carlisle Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Carlisle Infant School?

For September 2026, 71 families put Carlisle Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 80 places were offered in all.

What is Carlisle Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2023).

How much do houses cost near Carlisle Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, TW12 3, sold for a median £495,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (252 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; Richmond upon Thames’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.