Bowness-on-Solway Primary School
About the school
Bowness-on-Solway Primary School is an open primary school in Cumberland.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 1 May 2025
- Published
- 9 June 2025
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Cumberland
- 56%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Cumberland
- 5%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 88%
- Cumberland
- 72%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Cumberland
- 68%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 88%
- Cumberland
- 69%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 100%
- Cumberland
- 69%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 88%
- Cumberland
- 23%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 100%
- Cumberland
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 110
- Cumberland
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Cumberland
- 103
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 115
- Cumberland
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
43
Girls
37.21%
Boys
62.79%
SEN support
9.30%
Education, health and care plan
6.98%
English as an additional language
0.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
22.50%
Overall absence
2.91
Persistent absence
5