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Solway Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Liddell Street, Silloth, Wigton CA7 4DD · solwayschool.co.uk · 01697 331234
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35
- average Attainment 8 score. Cumberland 42.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 150
- 51% of 295 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 33.3%
- First language not English
- 2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 31 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35, and 8.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cumberland it was 42.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35 | 46 | ||
| ▼8.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼50.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼37.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.17 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 8 | −3.1 |
| Further education | 52 | −9.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 4 | −1.6 |
| Employment | 16 | −0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 12 | +6.4 |
| Activity not captured | 8 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Solway Community School on 3 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 28
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied