Broughton Primary School

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Unknown
Address Moor Road
Great Broughton
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 0YT
Phone 01900828971
Reference Number 137513

Broughton Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The school provides a supportive and engaging environment where pupils feel safe and eager to learn. The leadership has created a curriculum that is ambitious and tailored to meet the needs of its pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Notable strengths include a love for reading among pupils and a wide range of extracurricular activities that enrich the students' experience. This is particularly significant as it is the school's first inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, with the report acknowledging the impact of this context on their operations.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 142
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.18%
Girls: 52.82%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 9.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 19.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 6 7 13
2 7 6 13
3 9 12 21
4 12 11 23
5 5 10 15
6 8 10 18

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 97.2%
White, Other 1.4%
Unclassified 0.7%
Asian, Other 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 25 Jun 2024
Date Report
25 Jun 2024 School inspection
13 Nov 2019 School inspection
08 Jan 2015 Full inspection:
14 Feb 2012 Academy conversion letter
04 May 2011 Full inspection:
Previously as Broughton Primary School
04 May 2011 Full inspection:
31 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
31 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
28 Jun 2004 Full inspection
28 Jun 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils are happy and eager to learn in a calm and friendly environment.
  • The school has high expectations for pupil achievement.
  • The curriculum is thoughtfully designed and ambitious.
  • Staff effectively identify and support pupils with SEND.
  • A strong love of reading is fostered throughout the school.
  • Pupils have numerous opportunities for extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

  • Key knowledge in a small number of subjects is not clearly identified, affecting teaching focus.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 72%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 17%

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 110
Maths 106

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 3.6
Writing 3.6
Maths -0.2

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 2 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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