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Wigton Nursery and Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Longthwaite Road, Wigton CA7 9JR · wigtoninf.cumbria.sch.uk · 01697 342649
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 165
- 80% of 206 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14.1%
- First language not English
- 6.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 44 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Wigton Nursery and Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 53
- 28% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 43% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied