Solway Community School
Liddell Street, Wigton, CA7 4DD
150 pupils · 51% of 295 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
- 33.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — 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 3 December 2024, published 15 January 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 | 35 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 8.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 50% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 37.5% |
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 | 31 | 31 | 46 | 31 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 24 | 24 | 33 | 24 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 27 | 27 | 37 | 27 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 23 | 23 | 36 | 23 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 29 | 29 | 45 | 29 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 22 | 22 | 35 | 22 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 20 | 19 | 34 | 20 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 18 | 18 | 29 | 18 |
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
- Beacon Hill Community School 12.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- The Nelson Thomlinson School 15.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Netherhall School 18.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Cockermouth School 22.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Caldew School 26.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Richard Rose Morton Academy 26.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
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.