Thomlinson Junior School
The Goose Market, High Street, Wigton, CA7 9PG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Dawn Maxwell
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 227
- URN
- 112125
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01697342432
About this school
Thomlinson Junior School is a community primary school in Wigton. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 227 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Thomlinson Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 56 | 61 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 57% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 77% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 54% | 69% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 74% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Thomlinson Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 235 |
| 2023/24 | 241 |
| 2024/25 | 238 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thomlinson Junior School compares
Thomlinson Junior School ranked 80th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 3.7% | 16% | 227 | — |
| Wigton Nursery and Infant School | — | 5.3% | 10.9% | 165 | 0.2 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School | 91% | 6.4% | 37% | 136 | 0.4 miles |
| Boltons CofE School | 45% | 6% | 2.6% | 86 | 2.6 miles |
| Rosley CofE School | 67% | 2.6% | 4.9% | 66 | 3.8 miles |
| Wiggonby CofE School | 75% | 5.7% | 3.9% | 61 | 3.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.97%
- English as an additional language
- 2.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.68%
- Persistent absence
- 5.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wigton Nursery and Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Wigton
-
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wigton
-
Boltons CofE School2.6 miles
Primary · Wigton
-
Rosley CofE School3.8 miles
Primary · Wigton
-
Wiggonby CofE School3.9 miles
Primary · Wigton
Other schools in Wigton
Thomlinson Junior School ranks 8th of the 14 ranked primary schools in Wigton.
- Blennerhasset School Primary
- Boltons CofE School Primary
- Bowness-on-Solway Primary School Primary
- Fellview Primary School Primary
- Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary School Primary
- Ireby CofE School Primary
- Kirkbride Primary School Primary
- Oughterside Primary School Primary
- Plumbland CofE School Primary
- Richmond Hill School Primary
- Rosley CofE School Primary
- Silloth Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Thomlinson Junior School teach?
- Thomlinson Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Wigton.
- Who is the headteacher of Thomlinson Junior School?
- The headteacher of Thomlinson Junior School is Mrs Dawn Maxwell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Thomlinson Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thomlinson Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Thomlinson Junior School?
- Thomlinson Junior School has 227 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Thomlinson Junior School full?
- Thomlinson Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 227 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Thomlinson Junior School a faith school?
- No. Thomlinson Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Thomlinson Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Thomlinson Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Thomlinson Junior School have?
- The schools register lists Thomlinson Junior School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Thomlinson Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Thomlinson Junior School compare with other schools in Cumberland?
- Thomlinson Junior School ranked 80th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Thomlinson Junior School's absence rate?
- Thomlinson Junior School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Thomlinson Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thomlinson Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.