Beacon Hill Community School is a secondary school located in Wigton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 28/09/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6%, which is 2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Market Square, Wigton

School Information

Address: Market Square, Wigton, CA7 3EZ
Website: http://beaconhill.cumbria.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01697320509
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Tom Hailwood
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 112375

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 28/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 350
Number of Pupils: 145
Number of Boys: 84
Number of Girls: 61

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6% 4%
Persistent absence: 17.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.71 Confidence interval -1.3 to -0.12
Of the 18 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 18 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:6%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:91%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:11%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:34.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.56
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Richmond Hill School
Queen Street , CA7 3BQ 		3out of 4 844 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Matthew's CofE School
Westnewton , CA7 3NT 		3out of 4 2,646 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Oughterside Primary School
Aspatria , CA7 2PY 		3out of 4 2,870 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Plumbland CofE School
School Lane , Parsonby CA7 2DQ 		3out of 4 3,110 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Beacon Hill Community School
Market Square , Aspatria CA7 3EZ 		2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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