Primary
St Bridget's CofE School
Main Street, Parton, Whitehaven, CA28 6NY
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 66 of 99 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.6
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Carlisle
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 10.9
- Pupils per adult
- 6.8
- Pupils
- 74
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 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
July 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
SATs results
36%
21 points below the Whitehaven average (57% across 11 schools)
97.0
6.8 below the Whitehaven average (103.8 across 11 schools)
11th 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 | 97 |
| Average reading score | 97 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 36% |
| Working at a higher standard | 9% |
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 | 46% |
| 23/24 | 75% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 97.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 97.0 |
Main Street, Parton, Whitehaven, CA28 6NY
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
- Ruth Colley
- Address
- Main Street, Parton, Whitehaven, CA28 6NY
- Telephone
- 01946592940