Shankhill CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled primary school in CARLISLE (Cumberland).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Welcome to our family friendly Shankhill School in the heart of the community, serving the area between Longtown, Penton and Brampton. We look forward to meeting you in person, but in the meantime, we hope that our website provides a taste of our wonderful, fun-loving, thriving school. What a brilliant way to celebrate Shankhill's 150th Anniversary year!
We are delighted and extremely proud to be able to share the report from our ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 March 2024. We are thrilled that the Quality of Education, Safeguarding, Character Development and overall care and education from Early Years to Year 6 have been recognised as continuing to be good, but also deemed to be OUTSTANDING.
However to award this grade, Ofsted plan to re-visit Shankhill to do a full graded inspection within one to two years. The report states: Outcome: There has been no change to this school's overall judgement of good as a result of this ungraded (section 8) inspection.
However, the evidence gathered suggests that the inspection grade might be outstanding if a graded (section 5) inspection were carried out now. The school's next inspection will be a graded inspection.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
9 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Cricket
- Dance
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Music
- Swimming
- Read Write Inc (RWI)
- Forest School
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 112259
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Governing body (10 current, 4 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steven Bowditch | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Steven Bowditch Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Baxter | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Claire Lawson | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Adele Brown | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Professor David Vaughan | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr John Neil | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Christine Kemp | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Stephen Higgs | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Revd Rob Brown | Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2018 |
| Mrs Lynnsey Batey | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2014 |
| Mr John Greener Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr David Baxter Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Adele Brown Former | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record