Secondary
Beacon Hill Community School
Market Square, Aspatria, Wigton, CA7 3EZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 135 of 350 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
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)GCSE results
13%
28.8
3rd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Wigton we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 28.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.52 |
| Entered the EBacc | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 30% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 13% |
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 time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 16% |
| 22/23 | 4% |
| 23/24 | 22% |
| 24/25 | 13% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.57 |
| 22/23 | -1.18 |
| 23/24 | -1.37 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33.7 |
| 22/23 | 27.8 |
| 23/24 | 30.7 |
| 24/25 | 28.8 |
Market Square, Aspatria, Wigton, CA7 3EZ
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 31 October, 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
- Executive Headteacher
- Tom Hailwood
- Address
- Market Square, Aspatria, Wigton, CA7 3EZ
- Telephone
- 01697320509