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Richmond Hill School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 205Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112127URN

Queen Street, Aspatria, Wigton, CA7 3BQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.1per place
0.5 below Cumberland median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cumberland

19 applications for 17 places · 60th of 63 in Cumberland
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
59%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 11 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Cumberland median (1.7) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

19 applications · 17 places offered · 17 named it first

  1. 2026 1.1; Cumberland median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.0; Cumberland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.1; Cumberland median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.1; Cumberland median median 1.7
  8. 2019 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.1; Cumberland median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.1; Cumberland median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.2; Cumberland median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.1; Cumberland median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Cumberland median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Cumberland median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202617191.1171.00
Sep 202521261.2211.00
Sep 202415151.0151.00
Sep 202314191.4141.00
Sep 202223251.1231.00
Sep 202120241.2201.00
Sep 202024261.1241.00
Sep 201919251.3191.00
Sep 201821241.1211.00
Sep 201720211.1190.95
Sep 201623281.2231.00
Sep 201521241.1211.00
Sep 201418221.2181.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 69% · Maths 79% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%49th of 111 in Cumberland
Reading
Expected standard66%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard69%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard79%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cumberland median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2559%10%106108
2023/2467%4%104106
2022/2375%0%106109

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
112127 · 942/2071
Capacity
240 pupils · 205 on roll
Free school meals
30.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Queen Street, Aspatria, Wigton, CA7 3BQ
Local authority
Cumberland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources