Beacon Hill Community School
Ofsted: Good
Score
F34
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wigton, CA7 3EZ
- Distance
- 12.5km away
Solway Community School
Liddell Street, Silloth, Wigton, CA7 4DD
Local ranking16th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
295
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 December 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 31.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 10.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 33.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 30
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 73.0%
- Continued in education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 27.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 146
- Boys
- 83 (55%)
- Girls
- 67 (45%)
- Capacity
- 295 (51% full)
- SEND
- 40.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.9%
- EAL
- 1.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.5%
- SEN Support
- 34.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 12.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £12,315/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 94.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- White Traveller: 0.7%
94.5%
White British
2.0%
Mixed White & Asian
1.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Liddell Street
Wigton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112377
- UKPRN
- 10017792
- Establishment No.
- 4008
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