North West
Independent schools in Cumberland
175 schools, 38,895 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 36.
Ofsted across Cumberland
Good98
Outstanding6
Requires improvement5
No overall grade66
109 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 66 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Cumberland
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin FriarsOther independent school | Carlisle | No grade | — |
| Lime House SchoolOther independent school | Carlisle | No grade | — |
| St Bees SchoolOther independent school | Cumberland | No grade | — |