Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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 entry65 applications · 34 places offered · 34 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.5
- 2023 2.5; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2021 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2020 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2019 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2018 2.9; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2017 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2016 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2015 2.7; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2014 2.7; Cumberland median median 1.5
- This school
- Cumberland median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 34 | 65 | 1.9 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 46 | 2.1 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 39 | 1.8 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 27 | 48 | 1.8 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 24 | 47 | 2.0 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 32 | 46 | 1.4 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 24 | 42 | 1.8 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 20 | 36 | 1.8 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 17 | 31 | 1.8 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 14 | 38 | 2.7 | 14 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 30 | 37.5 | 33% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 30 | 28.8 | 13% | 30% | – |
| 2023/24 | 32 | 30.7 | 22% | 31% | −1.37 |
| 2022/23 | 23 | 27.8 | 4% | 17% | −1.18 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Beacon Hill Community SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · CumberlandRemains Good20241.9applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 12.5 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 31.8Attainment 8
- 13.1 km · CumberlandGood20231.4applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 18.7 km · CumberlandGood20221.5applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 19.4 km · Cumberland20262.0applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
- 20.4 km · CumberlandGood202322.5Attainment 8
- 21.2 km · CumberlandOutstanding20241.9applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 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
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 112375 · 942/4001
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 350 pupils · 135 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Market Square, Aspatria, Wigton, CA7 3EZ
- Local authority
- Cumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources