Fellview Primary School

About Fellview Primary School

Fellview Primary School is a small state primary in Cumberland with a current roll of 40 pupils against a capacity of 77, meaning it is just over half full. This is a school that families are actively seeking out, however: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 8 applications for just 5 places, making it oversubscribed with a ratio of 1.6 applicants per place. All 5 first-preference applicants were offered a spot. The school serves a mixed-gender community from ages 2 to 11 and has no religious character. It offers nursery provision, which is a practical draw for local families with younger children. While the data doesn't include a free school meals percentage for Fellview itself, the fact that the school is oversubscribed despite its small size suggests a strong local reputation. The headteacher is Hannah Salkeld, who leads a team in a setting where the intimate pupil count allows for a high degree of individual attention.

Academically, Fellview's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 year show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 50%, slightly below the Cumberland local authority average of 54%. In individual subjects, writing was a relative strength with 83% of pupils meeting the expected standard, while reading and maths both sat at 50%. At the higher standard, 17% of pupils achieved it in both reading and maths, but no pupils reached that level in writing or across all three subjects. The school's average scaled scores were 103 in reading and 101 in maths. Nationally, Fellview ranks in the bottom 50% of primary schools on the key measure of combined RWM expected standard, sitting at the 77th percentile nationally and 59th percentile within Cumberland. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2025, the school was judged Good overall, with behaviour and attitudes rated Outstanding.

Fellview offers a solid range of facilities for a small primary, including a library, music rooms, a forest school, a sensory room, and a chapel. Sports provision covers athletics, football, dance and netball, while clubs include gardening, chess, film club and drama. The school's SEND provisions are notably broad for its size, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent feedback from the 2024/25 period was very positive: 91% of the 11 respondents would recommend the school, with 82% strongly agreeing that their child is happy. The school suits families who value a small, community-focused setting where behaviour is strong and children feel safe, and who are comfortable with a school that is not academically selective but offers targeted support across a wide range of needs.

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