St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Wigton, Cumberland·CA7 9HZ
Composite score
59.2
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#4,163
National rank
#534
In North West
#20
In Cumberland
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
91%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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
30
any preference, for 20 places

Every child who put St Cuthbert'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
3–11
Pupils on roll
125
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,831
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Wigton, Cumberland, St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 125 pupils aged 3 to 11. 91% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 35.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 28% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. There are about 19.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Cuthbert's Catholic 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.

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