Schools in Wigton
Wigton is a market town in the Eden Valley of Cumberland with 21 state schools administered by Cumberland Council. The schools serve Wigton itself and a wide rural hinterland of small villages between Carlisle and the Solway Firth. Demand at the town's primary schools is generally modest, with most local children securing their first preference. Cumberland Council uses straight-line distance as the tiebreaker for community primary places.
Secondary pupils from Wigton and the surrounding villages typically travel to Carlisle or to the secondary schools in Wigton itself. Cumberland Council operates a co-ordinated admissions scheme across the authority, and its annual booklet includes the measured distances at which places were last offered for each school.
School demand in Wigton
Across the 20 schools in Wigton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 73%. None are currently over capacity, but catchment distance still applies in any year a school is oversubscribed.
9 schools in Wigton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
1 of the schools in Wigton is an academy that sets its own admissions criteria independently of Cumberland, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Wigton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Wigton (18)
Blennerhasset School
Primary · Community school
Wigton · CA7 3RL
Kirkbride Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wigton · CA7 5JR
Thomlinson Junior School
Primary · Community school
Wigton · CA7 9PG
Wigton Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Community school
Wigton · CA7 9JR
Richmond Hill School
Primary · Community school
Wigton · CA7 3BQ
Oughterside Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Wigton · CA7 2PY
Silloth Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wigton · CA7 4DR
Fellview Primary School
Primary · Community school
Wigton · CA7 8HF
Boltons CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Wigton · CA7 8PA
Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Wigton · CA7 4RU
Ireby CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Wigton · CA7 1DS
Plumbland CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Wigton · CA7 2DQ
Rosley CofE School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wigton · CA7 8AU
St Matthew's CofE School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wigton · CA7 3NT
Wiggonby CofE School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wigton · CA7 0JR
St Michael's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Wigton · CA7 2HN
Bowness-on-Solway Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Wigton · CA7 5AF
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Wigton · CA7 9HZ
Secondary Schools in Wigton (3)
Beacon Hill Community School
Secondary · Community school
Wigton · CA7 3EZ
Solway Community School
Secondary · Community school
Wigton · CA7 4DD
The Nelson Thomlinson School
Secondary · Voluntary controlled school
Wigton · CA7 9PX
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Wigton are set by Cumberland and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.