Lowca Community School | Primary in Whitehaven, Cumberland | Ofsted & DfE

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 21/05/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityCumberland

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio17.0:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Lowca Community School · Primary · Cumberland

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

50%

+37pp

86%50%13%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 50%

RWM higher standard

0pp

14%7%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

50%

Reading higher standard

38%

Writing expected standard

63%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

50%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

88%

SPAG expected standard

50%

SPAG higher standard

13%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

99.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

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

17.0

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

34%

SEN

37%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

10%

Contact

Address

Lowca, Whitehaven, CA28 6QS

Local authority

Cumberland

Website

www.lowca.cumbria.sch.uk

Telephone

01946372656

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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	50%	0%	50%	38%	63%	0%	50%	0%	88%	50%	103.0	99.0	100.0	—	—	—	37%	59
2023/24	13%	0%	50%	13%	38%	0%	25%	13%	100%	75%	100.0	100.0	104.0	—	—	—	34%	62
2022/23	67%	0%	67%	17%	67%	0%	67%	17%	100%	33%	105.0	101.0	100.0	-2.80	-2.90	-4.80	22%	55
2018/19	63%	0%	75%	13%	88%	13%	63%	13%	100%	63%	104.0	103.0	100.0	+3.10	+3.60	+1.90	29%	56
2017/18	86%	14%	86%	29%	100%	14%	100%	29%	100%	86%	106.0	107.0	105.0	+2.50	+3.30	+4.00	32%	62
2016/17	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	20%	50

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	59	15.1	37%	0%	34%	4%	10%
2023/24	62	17.7	34%	0%	26%	4%	8%
2022/23	55	11.0	22%	0%	24%	7%	29%
2021/22	59	14.8	17%	0%	25%	8%	21%
2020/21	57	14.3	14%	0%	23%	—	—
2018/19	56	18.7	29%	2%	20%	5%	8%
2017/18	62	20.7	32%	3%	24%	4%	—
2016/17	50	16.7	20%	2%	24%	4%	—