School admissions in Wigton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. None of these schools has a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Wigton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 17 schools in Wigton first 180 times for 180 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Cumberland authority's 130 schools. One of the 17 had more first choices than places.
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 3 schools in Wigton first 228 times for 235 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Cumberland authority's 18 schools. 0 of the 3 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
17 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Boltons CofE School | 1.07 | 14 |
| Blennerhasset School | 1.00 | 7 |
| Bowness-on-Solway Primary School | 1.00 | 4 |
| Fellview Primary School | 1.00 | 3 |
| Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 5 |
| Ireby CofE School | 1.00 | 5 |
| Kirkbride Primary School | 1.00 | 10 |
| Oughterside Primary School | 1.00 | 8 |
| Plumbland CofE School | 1.00 | 3 |
| Richmond Hill School | 1.00 | 17 |
| Rosley CofE School | 1.00 | 8 |
| Silloth Primary School | 1.00 | 15 |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School | 1.00 | 20 |
| St Matthew's CofE School | 1.00 | 8 |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 2 |
| Wiggonby CofE School | 1.00 | 7 |
| Wigton Nursery and Infant School | 0.98 | 44 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
3 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill Community School | 1.00 | 34 |
| Solway Community School | 1.00 | 31 |
| The Nelson Thomlinson School | 0.96 | 170 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.