Richmond Hill School, Wigton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 7 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Richmond Hill provides a warm, welcoming environment where children feel safe and develop positive relationships with staff and peers. The school offers exceptional opportunities for personal growth through clubs, visits and outdoor learning that help pupils understand their local community and wider world. Early reading is prioritised and taught well, giving children strong foundations for learning.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and concerns are actively managed
- Calm, orderly behaviour with positive staff-pupil relationships and effective support for pupils with additional needs
- Extensive personal development opportunities including sports clubs, music, theatre visits, residential trips and outdoor learning
- Well-designed ambitious curriculum with effective teaching in some subjects like science and geography
- Inclusive culture where all pupils access the same activities and feel welcomed
Areas for Improvement
- Achievement gaps between disadvantaged pupils and their peers are widening, particularly in spelling and handwriting
- Disadvantaged pupils do not retain knowledge securely or make connections between topics
- Teaching does not consistently check what pupils already know before introducing new learning
- Leaders' support strategies for disadvantaged pupils lack detail and precision
- Governors do not rigorously check the impact of additional funding for disadvantaged pupils
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met. Leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports clubs, music opportunities, theatre visits, nature reserve visits, forest visits, city centre visits, gardening in the community, residential visits, outdoor activities
Richmond Hill School is a primary school in Cumbria where pupils feel safe and enjoy warm relationships with staff. However, the school is not making strong enough progress in closing achievement gaps, particularly for disadvantaged pupils.
At a Glance
30.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 71% to 66%. Maths has declined from 83% to 79%. Writing has declined from 75% to 69%.
Class Sizes
23.8
Avg class size
21.7
Infant (KS1)
24.5
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
85%
Available places
205 pupils
240 capacity
35 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Wigton
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Wigton
Admissions Demand - Cumberland
Places available
3,571
Applications
2,437
Got 1st preference
98.5%
Got preferred school
99.7%
Primary admissions across Cumberland (2025/26)
Inspection History(9)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.92355%
Overall absence
13.24503%
Persistent absence
151
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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