Plumbland CofE School
Ofsted: Needs attentionVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Wigton · CA7 2DQ · Cumberland
Ages 4–11
- KS267%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM13.2%
- Demand1.00
1.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 112138
Oughterside Primary School
Foundation school · Wigton · CA7 2PY
Ages 2–11 · 69 pupils · Cumberland
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
56%
Overall absence
4.7%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-04-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)56%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)18.6%
Unauthorised1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 43
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
4
Places offered
4
1st-preference offers
4
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 4
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 4
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill82%
69 pupils · 84 places
- Pupils on roll
- 69
- Boys / girls
- 38 / 31
- School capacity
- 84
- Capacity fill
- 69 / 84 (82%)
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- FSM pupils
- 20
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Foundation school
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Kirkbride
Location
- Address
- Aspatria
- Postcode
- CA7 2PY
- Town
- Wigton
- County
- Cumbria
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- District
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from 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 foundation school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Wigton, Cumberland, 69 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 31.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Richmond Hill School
Ofsted: Needs attentionCommunity school · Primary
Wigton · CA7 3BQ · Cumberland
Ages 2–11
- KS267%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM30.2%
- Demand1.00
2.1 miles away
St Matthew's CofE School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Wigton · CA7 3NT · Cumberland
Ages 4–11
- KS275%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM5.9%
- Demand1.00
2.4 miles away
Allonby Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Maryport · CA15 6QG · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
- Absence10.1%
- FSM25.9%
- Demand1.00
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Kirkbride
- Telephone
- 01697320579