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Orgill Primary School

Primary · Egremont · CA22 2HH

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

228 pupils · 109% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
26.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.orgill.cumbria.sch.uk/
URN
131443

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 18 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 3 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

18 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
46%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
England 105

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

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school46%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
Cumberland average56.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Hartside Primary AcademyCrook · 73 miles awayExpected standard63%
Stakesby Primary AcademyWhitby · 117 miles awayGood74%
South Hiendley Primary SchoolBarnsley · 106 miles awayGood65%
Sharlston Community SchoolWakefield · 103 miles awayNo current grade64%
Looe Primary AcademyLooe · 288 miles awayGood (2019)65%
Ropery Walk Primary SchoolSeaham · 92 miles awayGood (2016)68%
Millfields Primary AcademyNantwich · 106 miles awayGood71%
Hornbeam Primary SchoolDeal · 305 miles awayGood58%
St Thomas CofE Junior and Infant SchoolWarrington · 79 miles awayGood67%
Leverington Primary AcademyWisbech · 196 miles awayGood63%
Lowton Junior and Infant SchoolWarrington · 80 miles awayGood56%
Longtown Primary SchoolCarlisle · 43 miles awayGood (2019)68%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 96% (Cumberland 88%, England 60%) · Black African 4% (Cumberland 2%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.39 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
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 22% 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 sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,542; 15.4% 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£11,736
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 64% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 23% (9%) · educational supplies 22% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £153,736; in-year balance -£21,262

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier59%62.3%
Social housing28.2%17.1%
Privately rented12.6%20.5%
Detached houses5.4%22.9%
Flats1.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van24.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019272 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£120,000171 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£100,000–£165,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (21)£240,000
Semi-detached (61)£133,000
Terraced (85)£110,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of 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

Child pedestrian casualties
2a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
5a 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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