Welcome

Welcome to Wiggonby C of E Primary School. We hope that the following information is helpful. You are welcome to contact or visit us at any time to discuss your child’s education.

Wiggonby C of E Primary is a Voluntary Aided, single-site school which currently has 69 children on roll, including 11 nursery pupils. The prime catchment area is Aikton Parish; but many pupils travel from a much wider area, as parents are attracted by both our facilities, small class sizes, high standards and our very positive OFSTED inspections.

We have a Nursery class on site which currently offers up to 30 hours. In addition to this, we have our onsite after school activity club 'Wiggonby Out Of School Hours' or 'WOOSH,' which operates until 4:30pm Monday to Thursday.

We encourage parental – and community – involvement; we have strong links with the Church and we belong to Solway and Wigton Cluster of local schools, which enables us to generate a broad spectrum of opportunities for pupils.

Our October 2018 OFSTED inspection graded us as Good across the board, commenting on the excellent nurturing children receive at Wiggonby. Our March 2019 Church schools (SIAMS) inspection, graded us as Good in all areas and. OFSTED went on to say:

The school has a strong safeguarding culture.  Our parents say that their children are happy, safe and cared for.

Key Findings:

• Children get off to a good start with writing and through precise teaching, children achieve good standards of writing at the end of Key Stage 1.
• Progress in writing for all pupils continues to improve.
• Children are developing a deeper understanding of maths from the earliest stages.
• Children are making better progress in maths.
• Children make good progress in reading throughout the school.
• Our school has highly skilled teachers who lead their subject areas well.