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Oughterside Primary School

Primary · Wigton · CA7 2PY

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 April 2024

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At a glance

69 pupils · 82% of 84 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
31.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.oughtersideschool.co.uk/
URN
112138

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 8 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 17 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

8 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

2 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Cumberland 88%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Cumberland 0%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Cumberland 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Cumberland 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Cumberland 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Cumberland 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Cumberland 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

16.67 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cumberland: 1.65 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,244; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,884
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£70,158; in-year balance +£4,467

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.4%62.3%
Social housing9.5%17.1%
Privately rented10.1%20.5%
Detached houses55.6%22.9%
Flats1.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019128 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£272,50010 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£228,000–£312,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£305,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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