Living in Wigton with children
Wigton, Cumberland. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 5,396 people in 2,550 households; 21.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
21 schools: 18 state primary, 3 state secondaryWigton on the schools map →Every school in Wigton, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (18)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | 1st (1/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Wiggonby CofE School | School remains Good | Top 16% (18/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Bowness-on-Solway Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 17% (19/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Plumbland CofE School | Ofsted report card | Top 31% (35/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Rosley CofE School | School remains Good | Top 31% (35/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Richmond Hill School | Ofsted report card | Top 44% (49/113) in Cumberland | — |
| St Matthew's CofE School | Good | Top 49% (55/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Thomlinson Junior School | Good | (80/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Boltons CofE School | Good | (83/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Kirkbride Primary School | Good | (96/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Silloth Primary School | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) | (96/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Blennerhasset School | School remains Good | (106/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (111/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Fellview Primary School | Good | (113/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Ireby CofE School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Oughterside Primary School | Good | — | — |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Wigton Nursery and Infant School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Nelson Thomlinson School | Good | Top 22% (4/19) in Cumberland | — |
| Beacon Hill Community School | Requires improvement | (16/19) in Cumberland | — |
| Solway Community School | Good | (18/19) in Cumberland | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (19 detached, 22 semi-detached, 24 terraced, 4 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Wigton. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Wigton →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 57% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 79%, on average across the 1,162 postcodes in CA7. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 5 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 7 in Cumberland.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 10 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Cumberland
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Cumberland.
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