Bowness-on-Solway Primary School
Performance (KS2 SATs)
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Every child who put Bowness-on-Solway 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
- 3–11
- Pupils on roll
- 43
- Gender
- Mixed
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
School overview
Bowness-on-Solway Primary School is a primary school serving Wigton, Cumberland, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 43 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Bowness-on-Solway Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 4 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 2.8%. There are about 11.2 pupils per teacher. Bowness-on-Solway Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.