Beacon Hill Community School
Market Square, Wigton, CA7 3EZ
135 pupils · 39% of 350 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Free school meals
- 43%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 24 June 2025, published 9 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 28.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 13.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 30% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 36.7% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 34 | 34 | 65 | 34 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 22 | 22 | 46 | 22 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 22 | 22 | 39 | 22 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 15 | 15 | 38 | 15 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 27 | 27 | 48 | 27 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 24 | 23 | 47 | 23 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 32 | 32 | 46 | 32 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 24 | 24 | 42 | 24 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Cockermouth School 10.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Netherhall School 11.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Solway Community School 12.5 km · No overall grade (2024)
- The Nelson Thomlinson School 13.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Workington Academy 18.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington 19.4 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.