Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Cumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- 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
- 12 May 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 22 March 2022Graded inspection: Good
- 6 July 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry6 applications · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2025 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2024 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2022 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2020 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2019 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2017 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2016 2.1; Cumberland median median 2.0
- 2015 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2014 7.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 36% · Writing 55% · Maths 36% → all three 36% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Cumberland median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 36% | 9% | 97 | 97 |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 0% | 104 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 46% | 8% | 104 | 102 |
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
- St Bridget's CofE SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.2applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · CumberlandGood20231.8applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · CumberlandGood20241.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · CumberlandRemains Good20232.1applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Cumberland202674%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · CumberlandRemains Good · improving20242.2applications per place
- 3.0 km · CumberlandRemains Good202347%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · CumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · CumberlandRemains Good202341%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 112296 · 942/3209
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 99 pupils · 66 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Main Street, Parton, St Bridget's Ce School, Whitehaven, CA28 6NY
- Local authority
- Cumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources