Distington Community SchoolBeckstone Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Workington.

Summary of the comparison

Distington Community School and Beckstone Primary School are primary schools in Workington.

  • Distington Community School scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Beckstone Primary School scores 47 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Beckstone Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Distington Community School was judged Good and Beckstone Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 9.0% for Distington Community School and 65.0% for Beckstone Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Distington Community School (69.0% in 2022-23, 9.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Beckstone Primary School (46.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Distington Community School versus Beckstone Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WorkingtonDistington Community SchoolWorkingtonBeckstone Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD43/100D47/100Stronger figure
Local ranking91st of 143 in Cumberland 75th of 143 in Cumberland Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll114 378
Capacity105 372
LocationWorkington, CA14 5TE Workington, CA14 5PX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard9.0% 65.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 2.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score98.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score94.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census114 378
Free school meals (ever 6)36.2% 14.7%
English as an additional language2.6% 0.5%
SEN support2.6% 21.4%
SEN with an EHC plan4.4% 1.1%
Attendance
Overall absence4.7% Stronger figure5.0% 6.2%
Persistent absence11.1% 8.7% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Distington Community School

Beckstone Primary School

Full profiles: Distington Community School · Beckstone Primary School