Kirkbride Primary School | School performance

38%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

38%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

38%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 07/03/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityCumberland

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio12.9:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Kirkbride Primary School · Primary · Cumberland

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

38%

+7pp

69%50%31%

'17'18'23'24'25

'25 · 38%

RWM higher standard

0pp

8%4%0%

'17'18'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

63%

Reading higher standard

25%

Writing expected standard

50%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

38%

Maths higher standard

13%

Science expected standard

75%

SPAG expected standard

63%

SPAG higher standard

25%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

GPS scaled score

108.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

12.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Kirkbride, Wigton, CA7 5JR

Local authority

Cumberland

Website

www.kirkbride.cumbria.sch.uk/

Telephone

01697351483

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	38%	0%	63%	25%	50%	0%	38%	13%	75%	63%	107.0	101.0	108.0	—	—	—	24%	78
2023/24	31%	0%	46%	15%	69%	15%	54%	8%	77%	62%	101.0	99.0	101.0	—	—	—	26%	89
2022/23	55%	0%	64%	9%	73%	18%	55%	9%	91%	55%	101.0	102.0	100.0	-3.60	+1.40	-1.60	13%	87
2018/19	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	21%	87
2017/18	60%	0%	80%	13%	73%	7%	60%	0%	73%	73%	104.0	100.0	101.0	+0.00	+1.40	-1.50	14%	83
2016/17	69%	8%	77%	23%	69%	15%	69%	15%	77%	77%	105.0	102.0	103.0	+4.00	+4.40	+1.50	7%	73

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	78	15.4	24%	0%	7%	4%	8%
2023/24	89	16.6	26%	0%	13%	4%	6%
2022/23	87	17.0	13%	0%	10%	4%	12%
2021/22	79	20.7	10%	0%	6%	4%	7%
2020/21	82	13.1	15%	0%	7%	—	—
2018/19	87	18.4	21%	0%	15%	3%	—
2017/18	83	18.1	14%	0%	13%	3%	—
2016/17	73	13.4	7%	2%	9%	2%	4%