Solway Community School is a secondary school located in Wigton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 19/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 8%, which is 4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Liddell Street, Wigton, CA7 4DD
Website: http://www.solwayschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01697331234
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: 112377

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 19/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 295
Number of Pupils: 110
Number of Boys: 63
Number of Girls: 47

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 8% 4%
Persistent absence: 23.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.61 Confidence interval -1.14 to -0.09
Of the 23 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 23 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:22%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:90%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:9%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:34.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.88
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Silloth Primary School
Liddel Street , Silloth CA7 4DR
4out of 4 109 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.