Secondary · CA7 · Cumberland

Solway Community School

Liddell Street, Silloth, Wigton, CA7 4DD

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance92.3%
AttainmentProgress 8: -1.90
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils150

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jan 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in CA7. Where we have them, council (Cumberland) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
150
Free school meals
33.3%
15.8% above district average (17.5%)

Also: Cumberland 23.2% · England 25.8%

SEN
40.4%
19.5% above district average (20.9%)

Also: Cumberland 18.4% · England 16.5%

EAL
1.4%
0.1% below district average (1.5%)
Attendance
92.3%
3.5% below district average (95.8%)

Also: Cumberland 91.7% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
22.4%
Progress 8
-1.90 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
35
Grade 5+ English & maths
8.3%
Grade 4+ English & maths
50%
Entered for EBacc
37.5%
EBacc average point score
3.17

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the CA7 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2192.6%
  • 2021/2286.4%
  • 2022/2389.4%
  • 2023/2488.9%
  • 2024/2593.1%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
295
Pupils on roll
150

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Cumberland page.

SEN support

SEN %
40.4%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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