Bookwell Primary School
Bookwell, Egremont, CA22 2LT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Russell Hardy
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 194
- URN
- 112155
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01946820408
About this school
Bookwell Primary School is a community primary school in Egremont. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 194 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 30 | 29 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 79% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 10% | 20% |
| Expected standard in reading | 97% | 90% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 79% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 97% | 86% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
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 Bookwell Primary 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 | 83% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 80% | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 208 |
| 2023/24 | 208 |
| 2024/25 | 194 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bookwell Primary School compares
Bookwell Primary School ranked 11th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80% | 3.4% | 13.9% | 194 | — |
| St Bridget's Catholic Primary School | 62% | 3.8% | 31.9% | 198 | 0.3 miles |
| Orgill Primary School | 46% | 5% | 33.3% | 228 | 0.4 miles |
| Thornhill Primary School | — | 6.2% | 37.9% | 85 | 1.1 miles |
| Beckermet CofE School | 50% | 4.9% | 2.8% | 73 | 2.3 miles |
| Moor Row Community Primary School | 54% | 3.7% | 16.9% | 72 | 2.4 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.92%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.42%
- Persistent absence
- 4.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Bridget's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Egremont
-
Orgill Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Egremont
-
Thornhill Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Egremont
-
Beckermet CofE School2.3 miles
Primary · Beckermet
-
Moor Row Community Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Moor Row
Other schools in Egremont
- Orgill Primary School Primary
- St Bridget's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Thornhill Primary School Primary
- West Lakes Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bookwell Primary School teach?
- Bookwell Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Egremont.
- Who is the headteacher of Bookwell Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bookwell Primary School is Mr Russell Hardy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bookwell Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bookwell Primary 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 big is Bookwell Primary School?
- Bookwell Primary School has 194 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Bookwell Primary School full?
- Bookwell Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 194 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bookwell Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bookwell Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bookwell Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Bookwell Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Bookwell Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 80% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bookwell Primary School rank locally?
- Bookwell Primary School ranked 11th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bookwell Primary School's absence rate?
- Bookwell Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bookwell Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bookwell Primary 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.