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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Ann-Marie Handford

location_onWigton, CA7 9HZ

language Visit Website phone 1697343119

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

115

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Expected Standard

56%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Wigton, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 63% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Wigton, Cumberland, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 115 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 11% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #58 of 117 primaries in Cumberland and #11,222 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.7:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 16.1%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 4.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 52%England 61%

Reading83% LA 70% · Eng 74%

Writing72% LA 66% · Eng 72%

Maths61% LA 66% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 53%England 60%

Reading92% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing83% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths75% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

6.8

Read

LA -0.4

2.9 to 10.7

5.0

Write

LA -0.2

1.2 to 8.7

3.1

Maths

LA -1.2

-0.5 to 6.8

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading73% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing80% LA 79% · Eng 78%

Maths67% LA 76% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.7

Read

LA 0.2

-1.5 to 5.0

2.4

Write

LA 0.3

-0.6 to 5.4

0.4

Maths

LA -0.8

-2.5 to 3.2

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

29%

LA 64%

Reading29% LA 79%

Writing57% LA 79%

Maths29% LA 76%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

-4.4

Read

LA 0.4

-9.2 to 0.4

-0.3

Write

LA 0.5

-4.5 to 3.9

-6.4

Maths

LA -0.3

-10.4 to -2.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 August 2024

Inspection Report

05 March 2020

Inspection Report

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10 March 2016

Inspection Report

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13 January 2014

Inspection Report

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22 October 2013

Inspection Report

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08 February 2012

Inspection Report

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23 October 2008

Inspection Report

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02 November 2005

Inspection Report

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18 October 1999

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-03-10

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-10-22

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

3.3%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.7%(2 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 121 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 3.3%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2023/24 (Summer term)	121	4	3.3%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	123	0	0.0%	0.7%	1
2023/24 (Autumn term)	118	11	9.3%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	115	2	1.7%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	115	6	5.2%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	111	2	1.8%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	103	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	95	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	87	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	99	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	96	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	90	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	97	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	97	1	1.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	85	4	4.7%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	103	3	2.9%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	97	2	2.1%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	94	3	3.2%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	100	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	97	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	102	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	105	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	107	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	106	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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