St Bridget's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Egremont, Cumberland·CA22 2BD
Composite score
40.3
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National rank
#1594
In North West
#61
In Cumberland
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
36
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Bridget's Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
206
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,767
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

St Bridget's Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Egremont, Cumberland, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 206 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Bridget's Catholic Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Bridget's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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