Schools in Brampton
Brampton has 11 schools administered by Cumberland Council (formed from the former Carlisle City and Allerdale and Copeland districts in April 2023), including 9 primaries and one secondary - Brampton Primary School and the William Howard School. All three Ofsted-rated schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating. One school is oversubscribed, with demand concentrated in the town's main feeder primaries.
Five schools have a religious character, including several historic Church of England village primaries at Lanercost, Walton and Hayton reflecting the area's strong rural Anglican tradition along the Hadrian's Wall corridor. The wide rural catchment means some pupils travel considerable distances to school; Cumberland's school transport policy should be checked by families in outlying hamlets.
School demand in Brampton
Across the 10 schools in Brampton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 74%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Brampton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
4 of the schools in Brampton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Cumberland, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
3 of the schools in Brampton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 3 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Brampton: 1 oversubscribed (9)
Lanercost CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Brampton · CA8 2HL
Walton & Lees Hill CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Brampton · CA8 2BB
Hayton CofE Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Brampton · CA8 9HR
Brampton Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Brampton · CA8 1BZ
Hallbankgate Village School
Primary · Foundation school
Brampton · CA8 2NJ
Fir Ends Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Brampton · CA6 6AY
Castle Carrock School
Primary · Academy converter
Brampton · CA8 9LU
Gilsland CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Brampton · CA8 7AA
Greenhead Church of England Nursery and Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Brampton · CA8 7HB
Secondary Schools in Brampton (1)
Other Schools in Brampton (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Brampton are set by Cumberland and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.