Ireby CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Wigton, Cumberland
Ireby CofE School is a primary school in Wigton, Cumberland for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024.
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Catchment area for Ireby CofE School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Ireby, Wigton, CA7 1DS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Cumberland
- Pupils on roll
- 38 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming and close-knit school community.”
- “Relationships between pupils are very positive, as are those between pupils and staff.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families very well and this helps pupils to feel secure and happy.”
To improve
- “In a minority of subjects, the curriculum is less well established.”
- “Until recently, these curriculums did not allow pupils to build small steps of knowledge over time.”
- “Pupils have gaps in their knowledge in these subjects and teachers sometimes need to revisit learning that pupils should already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cumberland.
- Boltons CofE School 3.4 mi Not judged
- St Michael's CofE Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good
- Blennerhasset School 4.0 mi School remains Good
- Bassenthwaite Primary School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Fellview Primary School 5.2 mi Not judged
- Wigton Nursery and Infant School 5.7 mi Good
- Plumbland CofE School 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Richmond Hill School 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade