Wigton Nursery and Infant School
General Information
- Address: Longthwaite Road, Wigton, CA7 9JR – View on map
- Phone: 01697342649
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Joanne Lloyd
- Age range: 3-7 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 43 families put it first for 44 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
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 19
- % eligible for free school meals: 14.1%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the Cumberland average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.8% a year (Cumberland 14.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 78% moved to another school, 22% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
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: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficulties 6 places · 6 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
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11th of 12 infant schools in Cumberland for Ofsted rating
- #9St James' CofE Infant and Nursery SchoolGood
- #10St Michael's Nursery and Infant SchoolGood
- #11Wigton Nursery and Infant SchoolGood
- #12Seaton AcademyRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,574 (2024-25)
5th of 14 infant schools in Cumberland for spending per pupil
- #3Netherton Infant School£8,903
- #4St Michael's Nursery and Infant School£8,830
- #5Wigton Nursery and Infant School£8,574
- #6St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School£8,304
- #7St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School£8,067
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