Beacon Hill Community School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Wigton, Cumberland
Beacon Hill Community School is a secondary school in Wigton, Cumberland for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025.
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Catchment area for Beacon Hill Community 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
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Market Square, Aspatria, Wigton, CA7 3EZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Cumberland
- Pupils on roll
- 135 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Beacon Hill provides pupils with a safe and welcoming environment in which to learn.”
- “They are helped to settle quickly into the ethos of the school.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to the school.”
To improve
- “However, these expectations are not fully realised.”
- “This is because, in some subjects in key stage 3, pupils do not have the opportunity to learn a curriculum which is broad and balanced and in line with the national curriculum.”
- “In addition, there are inconsistencies in the delivery of some subject curriculums across the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 13% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 28.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 34 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 34 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cumberland.
- Cockermouth School 6.7 mi School remains Good
- Netherhall School 6.9 mi Not judged
- Solway Community School 7.7 mi Not judged
- The Nelson Thomlinson School 8.1 mi Good
- Workington Academy 11.6 mi Good
- St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington 12.0 mi Requires improvement
- Energy Coast UTC 12.7 mi Good
- Keswick School 13.1 mi Outstanding