St Bridget's CofE School

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Brigham
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 0TU
Phone 01900825689
Reference Number 112271

St Bridget's CofE School is recognized as a good school, continuing to maintain high standards in various aspects of its performance. The school fosters a calm and supportive environment where pupils are respectful, polite, and happy. They demonstrate strong contributions to the school community and benefit from an ambitious and well-structured curriculum that prepares them well for future educational stages. Notably, the school effectively prioritizes reading, enabling most pupils, including those with special educational needs, to become confident and fluent readers.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 90
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.33%
Girls: 46.67%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 18.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 13

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 1 9
2 2 4 6
3 11 7 18
4 4 4 8
5 5 6 11
6 8 7 15

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 97.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
White & Asian 1.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 22 Nov 2023
Date Report
22 Nov 2023 School inspection
18 Jul 2018 Short inspection
27 Mar 2014 Full inspection:
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
11 Jun 2009 Full inspection:
21 Mar 2006 Full inspection:
05 Jun 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils demonstrate polite and respectful relationships with staff.
  • The school has an ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
  • Most pupils, including those with SEND, achieve well.
  • Strong support is provided to improve the reading skills of all pupils.
  • Positive attitudes to learning are evident throughout the school.
  • Pupils engage in a range of leadership roles and contribute to their community.

Areas for Improvement

  • In some subjects, the detailed knowledge pupils should learn has not been clearly defined.
  • Misconceptions in learning are not consistently addressed in a timely manner.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 47%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 100

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2
Writing 1.2
Maths -4.7

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 5 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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