Dearham Primary School

Cumberland · CA15 7HR

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 202 pupils, 17.3% FSM

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Dearham Primary School

General Information

Address: The Went, Dearham, Maryport, CA15 7HR – View on map
Phone: 01900812518
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Samantha Busigny
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 14 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

202 pupils out of 271 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 34
% eligible for free school meals: 17.3%
Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Cumberland average)
English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 24% a year (Cumberland 14.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 13% moved to another school, 87% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Cumberland: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Cumberland, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 17.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 5 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: in line with the Cumberland average (56%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 50% against an expected 63%)
3-year average (expected standard): 50%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 73% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 61%
Average test scores: reading 103, maths 103
Based on: 33 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolCumberland averageEngland↗ Improving Up 11 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was in line with the Cumberland average (56%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 52nd of 111 junior and primary schools in the area

=49Richmond Hill School59%
=49Warwick Bridge Primary School59%
=52Dearham Primary School58%
=52Rockcliffe CofE School58%
=54St Bede's Catholic Primary School57%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School91%
#2Stoneraise School90%
#3Jericho Primary School89%
=4Crosby-on-Eden CofE School88%
=4Hayton CofE Primary School88%
#6Bridekirk Dovenby CofE Primary School87%
=7Fairfield Primary School83%
=7Shankhill CofE Primary School83%
#9Lanercost CofE Primary School82%
#10Gosforth CofE Primary School and Nursery81%
=11Bookwell Primary School80%
=11Great Corby School and Nursery80%
=11Moresby Primary School80%
=14Ennerdale and Kinniside CofE Primary School78%
=14Irthington Village School78%
=14Scotby CofE Primary School78%
#17St Mary's Catholic Primary School76%
=18Bowness-on-Solway Primary School75%
=18Wiggonby CofE School75%
=20Eaglesfield Paddle CofE Primary Academy74%
=20St James' CofE Junior School74%
=20Thursby Primary School74%
#23Cummersdale School73%
#24Broughton Primary School72%
=25Castle Carrock School70%
=25Frizington Community Primary School70%
=25Raughton Head CofE School & Nursery70%
=25St Patrick's Catholic Primary School70%
=29Belle Vue Primary School69%
=29St Mary's Catholic Primary School69%
=31Houghton CofE School68%
=31Longtown Primary School68%
=31Yewdale School68%
=34Derwent Vale Primary and Nursery School67%
=34Lorton School67%
=34Plumbland CofE School67%
=34Rosley CofE School67%
#38Beckstone Primary School65%
=39St James' Catholic Primary School64%
=39Westfield Nursery and Primary School64%
#41Kirkbampton CofE School63%
=42Ashfield Junior School62%
=42St Bridget's Catholic Primary School62%
=44St Bees Village Primary School61%
=44Upperby Primary School61%
=46Brampton Primary School60%
=46Kingmoor Junior School60%
=46St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle60%
=49Norman Street Primary School59%
=49Richmond Hill School59%
=49Warwick Bridge Primary School59%
=52Dearham Primary School58%
=52Rockcliffe CofE School58%
=54St Bede's Catholic Primary School57%
=54St Matthew's CofE School57%
#56Caldew Lea School56%
=57Newtown Primary School55%
=57Seascale Primary School55%
=57Stanwix School55%
=60Moor Row Community Primary School54%
=60Our Lady and St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Maryport54%
=60St Herbert's CofE (VA) Primary and Nursery School54%
=60Wreay Church of England Primary School54%
#64St Patrick's Catholic Primary School53%
#65Flimby Primary School52%
#66Pennine Way Primary School51%
=67Beckermet CofE School50%
=67Black Combe Junior School50%
=67Burgh by Sands School50%
=67Haverigg Primary School50%
=67Hensingham Primary School50%
=67Lowca Community School50%
=67Newlaithes Junior School50%
=67Petteril Bank School50%
#75Ewanrigg Junior School48%
=76Cumwhinton School47%
=76St Begh's Catholic Junior School47%
=76St Bridget's CofE School47%
=76St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington47%
=80Inglewood Junior School46%
=80Orgill Primary School46%
=80Thomlinson Junior School46%
=83Boltons CofE School45%
=83Dean CofE School45%
=83Maryport CofE Primary School45%
=83St Michael's CofE Primary School45%
#87Bransty Primary School44%
=88Brook Street Primary School43%
=88The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided)43%
=88Waberthwaite CofE School43%
#91Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior School42%
=92Monkwray Junior School41%
=92St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle41%
=94Hallbankgate Village School38%
=94Kirkbride Primary School38%
=94Robert Ferguson Primary School38%
=94Silloth Primary School38%
=98Braithwaite CofE Primary School36%
=98St Bridget's CofE School36%
=98Valley Primary School and Nursery36%
=101Fir Ends Primary School33%
=101Montreal CofE Primary School33%
#103Northside Primary School30%
=104Blennerhasset School29%
=104Thwaites School29%
=104Victoria Junior School29%
#107Crosscanonby St John's CofE School18%
#108Blackford CofE Primary School13%
#109Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School10%
#110Distington Community School9%
#111Fellview Primary School0%

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Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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