Great Orton Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Carlisle · CA5 6NA · Cumberland
Ages 4–11
- KS240%
- Absence8.2%
- FSM42.9%
- Demand0.80
2.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 112309
Wiggonby CofE School
Voluntary aided school · Wigton · CA7 0JR
Ages 3–11 · 61 pupils · Cumberland
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
75%
Overall absence
5.4%
Admissions demand
1.10 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-12-18
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)75%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)16.7%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 48
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
1.10 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
11
Places offered
10
1st-preference offers
10
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 18
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 10
- 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 fill85%
61 pupils · 72 places
- Pupils on roll
- 61
- Boys / girls
- 35 / 26
- School capacity
- 72
- Capacity fill
- 61 / 72 (85%)
- Free school meals
- 1.7%
- FSM pupils
- 1
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
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 aided school
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Brooks
Location
- Address
- Wiggonby
- Postcode
- CA7 0JR
- 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 aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Wigton, Cumberland, 61 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 1.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Carlisle.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Kirkbampton CofE School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Carlisle · CA5 6HX · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS245%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM6.1%
- Demand1.00
2.3 miles away
Thursby Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Carlisle · CA5 6PN · Cumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS258%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM16.4%
- Demand0.92
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Brooks
- Telephone
- 01697342752