Solway Community School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Liddell Street
Silloth
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 4DD
Phone 01697331234
Reference Number 112377

General Makeup

Number of pupils 146
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 58.22%
Girls: 41.78%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 33.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 21 10 31
8 19 10 29
9 13 19 32
10 15 14 29
11 17 8 25

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.5%
White & Asian 2.1%
White, Other 1.4%
Mixed, Other 1.4%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 8.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 41.7% Unlock Unlock

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 6 0
Third Preference 3 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Name Distance
Silloth Primary School
Liddel Street, Silloth, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 4DR
0.06 miles
Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School
Abbeytown, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 4RU
4.12 miles
Holme St Cuthbert School
Mawbray, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 6QZ
4.29 miles
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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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