St Bees Village Primary School
Main Street, St Bees, CA27 0AA
This school is closed (it closed in October 2023).
It was replaced by St Bees Village Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Sharp
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Copeland
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 193
- URN
- 112164
- Local authority
- Cumberland
About this school
St Bees Village Primary School was a community primary school in St Bees. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 193 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Bees Village Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.50 | - |
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 St Bees Village 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 | 41% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How St Bees Village Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.2% | 8.7% | 193 | — |
| St Bees Village Primary School | 61% | 4.7% | 6.9% | 162 | 0.0 miles |
| Orgill Primary School | 46% | 5% | 33.3% | 228 | 2.1 miles |
| St Bridget's Catholic Primary School | 62% | 3.8% | 31.9% | 198 | 2.3 miles |
| Bookwell Primary School | 80% | 3.4% | 13.9% | 194 | 2.4 miles |
| Moor Row Community Primary School | 54% | 3.7% | 16.9% | 72 | 2.6 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.7%
- English as an additional language
- 0.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.2%
- Persistent absence
- 30%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Bees Village Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · St Bees
-
Orgill Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Egremont
-
St Bridget's Catholic Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Egremont
-
Bookwell Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Egremont
-
Moor Row Community Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Moor Row
Other schools in St Bees
- St Bees Village Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Bees Village Primary School teach?
- St Bees Village Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in St Bees.
- Has St Bees Village Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Bees Village Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is St Bees Village Primary School?
- St Bees Village Primary School had 193 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have St Bees Village Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Bees Village Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Bees Village 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 31 October 2023.