Schools in postcode district CA3. Add your full home postcode below for distance filtering and a your neighbourhood comparison with the wider CA3 area.
📍Covers: Belah, Houghton, Kingstown, Stanwix, Stanwix Rural, and Stanwix Urban
Add your home postcode in the green box below. Until then, distances use the centre of CA3. The list starts at 3 miles — you can change that. Not an official school catchment.
5state-funded schools in CA3, Cumberland
4Primary
1Other
2024–25DfE & Ofsted
📊 Neighbourhood & area context
The figures below use three different geographies. Your neighbourhood appears when you add your full postcode. CA3 covers the schools and averages on this page. Cumberland is the whole council area for census and crime, which may not match your street. We only show statistics we have for this district.
Area snapshot for CA3
Crime, deprivation near local schools, and Ofsted outcomes for schools in CA3, each shown separately. Crime relates to the whole council area. The other two relate to this postcode district. We do not give the area an overall score.
Deprivation near schoolsLess deprived than average for EnglandIMD band 9 of 10 nationallyNeighbourhoods around schools in CA3
Add your full home postcode in the green box above to compare your street with CA3 and Cumberland.
More local context
House prices, flood risk, broadband and transport for this postcode district, in addition to the snapshot above.
Typical house prices£174,281 (+5.6% year on year)Postcode district CA3 (where available)
Flood riskLowPostcode district CA3
BroadbandSuperfast available (95%+ premises, 30+ Mbps)Postcode district CA3
Postcode district CA3
Schools and other averages for postcode district CA3. This matches the map and school list before you change the distance filter.
Schools in district
5 (4 primary, 0 secondary)
Average attendance
95%
Average free school meals
12.8%
Average SEN
32.7%
Average EAL
5.5%
Deprivation around local schools
Less deprived than average for England
Average house price
£174,281 (+5.6% year on year)
Flood risk
Low
Broadband
Superfast available (95%+ premises, 30+ Mbps)
Council tax
Typical band A–B
About these figures: School statistics mostly 2024–25. Pipeline checked May 2026. Wider-area lines use Census 2021 for Cumberland. Use the (i) on each row for source and geography. Full methodology · Data updates
📍Map of schools in this area
The map shows 5 schools in postcode district CA3. Numbered circles group nearby schools — click to zoom in. Use the list beside the map, a pin, or Show on map on a school card below.
Map key (phases, Ofsted, markers)
Pin colour shows school phase. Letters on pins: P primary, S secondary. Ofsted and admissions are on each school card below.
School phase
Primary (P)
Secondary (S)
District centre
12Numbered circles group nearby schools — click to zoom in
Neighbouring-district schools are labelled in the list and popups
📏How far from the CA3 centre?
Pick a radius to control which schools appear in the list below. Only schools whose postcode is in CA3 are included — we measure the straight-line distance from CA3 centre. Add your home postcode above to search by distance from your address across nearby districts.
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3 miles is selected by default. Add your home postcode at the top to measure from your address instead of the district centre. Try 1 mile or 1.5 miles for a shorter list, 3 miles for a wider search, or All in district for every CA3 school regardless of distance. Straight-line distance only — not walking, driving, or an official catchment area.
Common questions in this area
📋Usually oversubscribed near here?
In CA3, 4 of 5 schools with admissions data are marked as usually oversubscribed on their cards. That is a historic demand signal — not a guarantee you will or will not get a place. Always check the local authority admissions rules and the school’s published PAN.
🚶How far is the school run?
Add your home postcode at the top of the page to see distances from your door. Until then, distances use CA3 centre. All figures are straight-line miles — not walking or driving time, and not catchment areas.
🔄What changed recently?
School and area figures come from open government releases (mostly 2024/25 where published). 5 schools here have a last inspection date on their cards; 0 show a plain-English note when Ofsted published area judgements without an overall grade.
Choose how to order the cards — for example nearest first, latest inspection, attendance, progress 8, or admissions pressure.
No secondary schools in CA3. Showing the nearest secondaries from other districts (within your distance filter, from CA3 centre).
Trinity School
Strand Road, Carlisle CA1 1JB
Type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Trust
TRINITY SCHOOL, A CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
Ofsted
Area judgements
New inspection format — no single overall grade.
Latest visit (Jan 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management good. See the full Ofsted report.
How many schools are in the CA3 postcode district?
We list 5 state-funded schools whose address postcode starts with CA3: 4 primary, 0 secondary, and 1 other phases. Independent schools are not included.
What areas does CA3 cover?
Postcode district CA3 spans Belah, Houghton, Kingstown, Stanwix, Stanwix Rural, and Stanwix Urban. Exact boundaries follow Royal Mail outward codes — use the map and school addresses for a specific street.
What are Ofsted ratings like for schools in CA3?
Among schools on this page: 5 on the new inspection format (area judgements only). Grades are the latest published overall effectiveness or monitoring outcome — always check the full report on Ofsted’s site.
What is average attendance like in CA3?
Across schools here with published absence data, mean attendance is about 95% (2024–25). Individual schools vary — see each card.
Are primary schools in CA3 oversubscribed?
Indicative labels from published roll numbers versus capacity (not a guarantee of a place): 4 usually oversubscribed; 1 about average pressure. Always confirm with the school and Cumberland admissions team.
📖 Guide to school and area statistics
What the numbers on this page for CA3 mean. Area rows may still show (i) for data source and geography.
School listings
What you see on each school card
Only fields that appear on at least one school on this page are listed.
School type
How the school is run. For example academy, council-maintained, voluntary aided or free school.
Trust
The multi-academy trust or sponsor running the school, where it is an academy.
Age range
Year groups on roll. For example 4–11 for primary, or 11–18 with sixth form.
Ofsted
Latest published inspection grade, inspection date where we have it, and a link to the school’s page on the Ofsted reports site.
Straight-line miles
Distance as the crow flies from your home postcode when you have entered one, otherwise from the middle of this district. Not walking or driving time.
Walking, cycling and park-and-stride hints
Rough bands from straight-line miles: about 1 mile or less may suit walking; about 1–2.5 miles we show cycling and park-and-stride; over about 2.5 miles park-and-stride only. Not checked routes or journey times.
Pupils
Number of pupils on roll from published school census data.
Free school meals
Pupils eligible for free school meals. Often used as one indicator of economic disadvantage in the catchment. Useful context, not a comment on pupils or families.
SEN
Share of pupils with SEN support or an EHC plan. A higher figure can reflect inclusive admissions and experience, or more demand on staff. Check what is on site and talk to the SENCO.
SEN provision
Extra on-site support such as a resourced provision or SEN unit.
English as an additional language (EAL)
Pupils whose first language is not English. Many schools support this well; if English at home matters to you, ask how beginners are taught in class. Not a measure of overall quality.
Attendance
Share of possible sessions attended. Higher is better.
Persistent absence
Share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions. Lower is better.
Admissions pressure
Indicative label from recent applications versus places — oversubscribed, about average or often has spaces.
Attainment
Primary: share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (Key Stage 2). Secondary: Progress 8. A dash means nothing was published for that school.
Attainment vs local
Compares each school’s headline to others of the same phase on this page. Above, below or about average for the district.
Area overview
What you see in the area overview
Matches the snapshot and tables below: your postcode, this district, then the wider council area.
Area snapshot
Crime for the whole council compared with England, deprivation near schools in this postcode district, and how local schools fare in Ofsted inspections. Shown separately, not as one overall area mark.
More local context
House prices, flood risk, broadband and transport for this postcode district where we have them, alongside the snapshot.
Schools in district
How many schools are in this postcode district, split by primary and secondary.
Average attendance
Mean attendance across schools here with published absence data.
Average free school meals
Mean free school meals eligibility across schools here with published data.
Average SEN
Mean SEN percentage across schools here with published data.
Average EAL
Mean English as an additional language percentage where published.
Deprivation
How deprived neighbourhoods around schools here are compared with England (official deprivation index, shown as bands 1–10 where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived).
Average house price
Typical sold prices for this postcode district where we have them. Street-by-street prices vary.
Flood risk
Indicative summary. Check Environment Agency maps for a specific address.
Broadband
General picture of speeds and availability. Check with providers at your address.
Council tax
Typical band for the area. Your exact band depends on the property.
Your home neighbourhood
When you enter your full home postcode, we compare deprivation for your small area with the typical area around schools in this district.
Using this page
Using this page
Tools on this page for narrowing schools and understanding distances.
Distance filter
Controls which schools appear in the list — 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 miles, or every school in this district. Not an admissions catchment.
About these figures
School and Ofsted data from official releases. The area overview splits postcode-district figures from wider council context, with dates at the bottom of that panel.
