Primary
Lowca Community School
Lowca, Whitehaven, CA28 6QS
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 51 of 55 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 7.4
- Pupils per adult
- 8.3
- Pupils
- 62
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
July 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
50%
7 points below the Whitehaven average (57% across 11 schools)
103.0
0.8 below the Whitehaven average (103.8 across 11 schools)
5th of 11 by our score, among the primary schools in Whitehaven we can score - 14 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 99 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 50% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 67% |
| 23/24 | 13% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 99.0 |
Lowca, Whitehaven, CA28 6QS
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Cumberland admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jennifer Walker
- Address
- Lowca, Whitehaven, CA28 6QS
- Telephone
- 01946372656