St Matthew's CofE School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Wigton, CA7 3NT
- Distance
- 2.6km away
Richmond Hill School
Queen Street, Wigton, CA7 3BQ
Local ranking67th of 143 primary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: Needs attention
Primary
Phase
240
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 10 February 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 59.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 203
- Boys
- 112 (55%)
- Girls
- 93 (45%)
- Capacity
- 240 (85% full)
- SEND
- 14.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.0%
- EAL
- 1.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,903/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.5%
- Black African: 4.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- White Other: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
92.5%
White British
4.5%
Black African
2.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Queen Street
Wigton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112127
- UKPRN
- 10077279
- Establishment No.
- 2071
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