Orgill Primary School
Southey Avenue, Orgill, Egremont, CA22 2HH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Holly Collins
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 228
- URN
- 131443
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01946820234
About this school
Orgill Primary School is a community primary school in Egremont. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 228 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Orgill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 36 | 29 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 34% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 3% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 39% | 72% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 42% | 59% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 44% | 69% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -6.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.60 | - | - |
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 Orgill 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 | 31% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 34% | 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 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 269 |
| 2023/24 | 264 |
| 2024/25 | 259 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Orgill Primary School compares
Orgill Primary School ranked 81st 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 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 5% | 33.3% | 228 | — |
| St Bridget's Catholic Primary School | 62% | 3.8% | 31.9% | 198 | 0.2 miles |
| Bookwell Primary School | 80% | 3.4% | 13.9% | 194 | 0.4 miles |
| Thornhill Primary School | — | 6.2% | 37.9% | 85 | 1.4 miles |
| St Bees Village Primary School | 61% | 4.7% | 6.9% | 162 | 2.1 miles |
| Moor Row Community Primary School | 54% | 3.7% | 16.9% | 72 | 2.2 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)
- 33.33%
- English as an additional language
- 0.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.99%
- Persistent absence
- 11.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Bridget's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Egremont
-
Bookwell Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Egremont
-
Thornhill Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Egremont
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St Bees Village Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · St Bees
-
Moor Row Community Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Moor Row
Other schools in Egremont
- Bookwell Primary School Primary
- St Bridget's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Thornhill Primary School Primary
- West Lakes Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Orgill Primary School teach?
- Orgill Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Egremont.
- Who is the headteacher of Orgill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Orgill Primary School is Mrs Holly Collins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Orgill Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Orgill 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 many pupils are at Orgill Primary School?
- Orgill Primary School has 228 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Orgill Primary School full?
- Orgill Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 228 on roll (109%), so it is at or above 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 Orgill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Orgill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Orgill Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Orgill Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Orgill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 31% 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 Orgill Primary School compare with other schools in Cumberland?
- Orgill Primary School ranked 81st 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 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Orgill Primary School's absence rate?
- Orgill Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Orgill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Orgill 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 15 July 2026.