Ireby CofE School
Voluntary controlled school · Wigton · CA7 1DS
Ages 3–11 · 38 pupils · Cumberland
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
3.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-05-01
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 2.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 23
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
38 pupils · 56 places
- Pupils on roll
- 38
- Boys / girls
- 15 / 23
- School capacity
- 56
- Capacity fill
- 38 / 56 (68%)
- Free school meals
- 14.3%
- FSM pupils
- 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 3–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael John
Location
- Address
- Ireby
- Postcode
- CA7 1DS
- Town
- Wigton
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- District
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Wigton, Cumberland, 38 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 14.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Carlisle.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael John
- Telephone
- 01697371367