Beckstone Primary School is a primary school located in Workington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 21/09/2011. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading is above average, progress in maths is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.4%, which is 0.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Eadie Street, Workington, CA14 5PX
Website: www.beckstone.cumbria.sch.uk
Telephone: 01946830423
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr David Warbrick
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 134739

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 21/09/2011

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 372
Number of Pupils: 383
Number of Boys: 212
Number of Girls: 171

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: 2.3 Confidence interval 0.5 to 4.1
Writing
Well Above Average: 2.7 Confidence interval 1 to 4.3
Maths
Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -2.3 to 0.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:69%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:9%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Beckstone Primary School
Eadie Street, CA14 5PX 		0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
2out of 4St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Holden Road, Salterbeck CA14 5LN 		611 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
2out of 4Westfield Nursery and Primary School
Nilsson Drive, CA14 5BD 		1,790 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Furness Road, Westfield CA14 3PD 		2,219 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
2out of 4Distington Community School
Church Road, Distington CA14 5TE 		2,429 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4Energy Coast UTC
Blackwood Road, Lillyhall CA14 4JW 		2,889 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedLakes College - West Cumbria
Hallwood Road, Lillyhall Business Park CA14 4JN 		2,648 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4West Cumbria Learning Centre
Toll Bar, Distington CA14 4PJ 		2,159 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedCumbria Academy for Autism
Branthwaite Road, CA14 4SS 		2,717 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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