Distington Community 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 requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 23/03/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.7%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Church Road, Workington

School Information

Address: Church Road, Workington, CA14 5TE
Website: www.distington-comm.cumbria.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01946830526
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Angela Quirk
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 133264

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 23/03/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 105
Number of Pupils: 128
Number of Boys: 63
Number of Girls: 65

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -0.4 Confidence interval -3.6 to 2.7
Writing
Average: 1.5 Confidence interval -1.4 to 4.4
Maths
Average: -1.2 Confidence interval -3.9 to 1.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:75%
England Average:65%

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

School:13%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Distington Community School
Church Road, Distington CA14 5TE 		0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Beckstone Primary School
Eadie Street, CA14 5PX 		2,429 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
2out of 4St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Holden Road, Salterbeck CA14 5LN 		2,879 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Lowca Community School
Lowca, CA28 6QS 		2,884 yd Community school No 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 		2,709 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 		1,614 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 		1,042 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedCumbria Academy for Autism
Branthwaite Road, CA14 4SS 		3,193 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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