Councils · England · Cumberland
Schools in Cumberland, and the dates that matter.
Every state school in the council area — 145 primary, 19 secondary — with Cumberland’s application deadlines, offer days, and where to apply. One page, kept current from official sources.
September 2027 entry · Sources: National admissions guidance
Primary · Reception 2027
15 January 2027
National deadline. Offers arrive 16 April. We suggest submitting by 8 January to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Cumberland's portal →Check national deadline guidance →Secondary · Year 7 2027
31 October 2026
National deadline. Offers arrive 1 March. Grammar tests, where they apply, happen even earlier. We suggest submitting by 24 October to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Cumberland's portal →Check national deadline guidance →01 / EVERY SCHOOL IN CUMBERLAND
Find your shortlist.
All 174 state and independent schools in the council area, straight from the Department for Education’s register. Open any school for admissions details, Ofsted history and open days.
Primary · 145
All Saints' CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Allonby Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Arlecdon Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Ashfield Infant & Nursery School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Ashfield Junior School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Bassenthwaite Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Beckermet CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Beckstone Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Belle Vue Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bewcastle School
Ofsted · Good
Black Combe Junior School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Blackford CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Blennerhasset School
Ofsted · Good
Boltons CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Bookwell Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Borrowdale CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bowness-on-Solway Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Braithwaite CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Brampton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bransty Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Bridekirk Dovenby CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Brook Street Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Broughton Moor Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Broughton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Burgh by Sands School
Ofsted · Good
Caldew Lea School
Ofsted · Good
Captain Shaw's CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Castle Carrock School
Ofsted · Good
Crosby-on-Eden CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Crosscanonby St John's CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Cummersdale School
Ofsted · Good
Cumwhinton School
Ofsted · Good
Dean CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Dearham Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Derwent Vale Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted · Good
Distington Community School
Ofsted · Good
Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted · Good
Ellenborough Academy
Ofsted · Good
Ennerdale and Kinniside CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Ewanrigg Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Fairfield Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fellview Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Fir Ends Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Flimby Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Frizington Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Gilsland CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Gosforth CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Grasslot Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Great Corby School and Nursery
Ofsted · Good
Great Orton Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hallbankgate Village School
Ofsted · Good
Haverigg Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hayton CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Hensingham Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Holme St Cuthbert School
Ofsted · Good
Houghton CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Inglewood Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Inglewood Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Ireby CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Irthington Village School
Ofsted · Good
Jericho Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kells Infant School
Ofsted · Not judged
Kingmoor Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Kirkbampton CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Kirkbride Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kirkland Church of England Academy
Ofsted · Good
Lanercost CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Longtown Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Lorton School
Ofsted · Good
Lowca Community School
Ofsted · Good
Maryport CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Millom Infant School
Ofsted · Inadequate
Monkwray Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Montreal CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Moor Row Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Moresby Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Netherton Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Newlaithes Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Newlaithes Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Newtown Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Norman Street Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Northside Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Orgill Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Oughterside Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport
Ofsted · Outstanding
Pennine Way Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Petteril Bank School
Ofsted · Good
Plumbland CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Raughton Head CofE School & Nursery
Ofsted · Good
Richmond Hill School
Ofsted · Good
Robert Ferguson Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Rockcliffe CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Rosley CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Scotby CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Seascale Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Seaton Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Shankhill CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Silloth Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Bees Village Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Bega's CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Begh's Catholic Junior School
Ofsted · Good
St Bridget's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Bridget's CofE School
Ofsted · Good
St Bridget's CofE School
Ofsted · Good
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle
Ofsted · Good
St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School
Ofsted · Good
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington
Ofsted · Good
St Herbert's CofE (VA) Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted · Good
St James' Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted · Good
St James' CofE Junior School
Ofsted · Good
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle
Ofsted · Not judged
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Matthew's CofE School
Ofsted · Good
St Michael's CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Michael's CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Michael's Nursery and Infant School
Ofsted · Good
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Stanwix School
Ofsted · Good
Stoneraise School
Ofsted · Good
The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided)
Ofsted · Good
Thomlinson Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Thornhill Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Thursby Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Thwaites School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Upperby Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Valley Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted · Good
Victoria Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Victoria Junior School
Ofsted · Good
Waberthwaite CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Walton & Lees Hill CofE School
Ofsted · Not judged
Warwick Bridge Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Westfield Nursery and Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Wiggonby CofE School
Ofsted · Good
Wigton Nursery and Infant School
Ofsted · Good
Wreay Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Yewdale School
Ofsted · Good
Secondary · 19
Beacon Hill Community School
Ofsted · Good
Caldew School
Ofsted · Good
Cockermouth School
Ofsted · Good
Energy Coast UTC
Ofsted · Good
Keswick School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Millom School
Ofsted · Good
Netherhall School
Ofsted · Good
Richard Rose Central Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Richard Rose Morton Academy
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Solway Community School
Ofsted · Not judged
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Ofsted · Good
St John Henry Newman Catholic School
Ofsted · Good
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington
Ofsted · Requires improvement
The Nelson Thomlinson School
Ofsted · Good
The Whitehaven Academy
Ofsted · Good
Trinity School
Ofsted · Not judged
West Lakes Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
William Howard School
Ofsted · Good
Workington Academy
Ofsted · Good
Special & other · 10
Austin Friars
Not judged yet
Branthwaite Academy
Ofsted · Not judged
James Rennie School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Kirby Moor School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Lakes College - West Cumbria
Ofsted · Good
Lime House School
Not judged yet
Mayfield School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Old Windebrowe
Not judged yet
Progress Schools - Carlisle
Ofsted · Requires improvement
St Bees School
Not judged yet
02 / HOW APPLYING WORKS HERE
One form, through Cumberland.
If you live in Cumberland, you apply through the council’s own portal — even for schools in another council’s area.
Preferences
List as many schools as the form allows — you’ll see the limit when you start your application. Rank in your true order; schools never see it.
Own-criteria schools
Some Cumberland secondaries are academies or faith schools that set their own entry criteria — check each school’s page for extra forms before the deadline.
Plain-English guides
Primary admissions, explained
The 15 January deadline and how Reception offers work.
Secondary admissions, explained
The 31 October deadline and the traps that come earlier.
How school appeals work
Your right to appeal, and honest odds of success.
Waiting lists, explained
How they're ordered, and why positions move both ways.
03 / NEARBY
Looking across the border?
Families near Cumberland often also shortlist schools in these neighbouring council areas.