Holme St Cuthbert School

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Holme St. Cuthbert School
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Location
Holme St Cuthbert School
Holme St. Cuthbert
,
Cumbria
,
CA15 6QZ

United Kingdom
Coordinates 54°48′37″N3°23′33″W / 54.81019°N 3.392499°W / 54.81019; -3.392499
Information
Type Community school
MottoA community of learning - growing together! [1]
Established1845
Local authority Cumberland Council
Department for Education URN 112112 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherLynn Carini
Gender Coeducational
Age4to 11
Enrolment62
Website http://www.hstcuth.cumbria.sch.uk

Holme St. Cuthbert School is a primary school which serves the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in the county of Cumbria, United Kingdom. [2] It is located approximately one-and-a-quarter miles north-east of the village of Mawbray, the largest settlement in the parish, and twenty-three miles south-west of the city of Carlisle, Cumbria's county town. [3] As of the 2018-19 academic year, there were sixty-two pupils enrolled in the school. This is just short of the school's capacity of sixty-six pupils. [4] The current headteacher is Mrs Lynn Carini, who took over from Mrs Sheila Daniel in 2014. [5]

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History

The school was founded in 1845, [6] the same year as the parish church which is next door. [7] Both are constructed from locally quarried sandstone, though recent additions to the school are built from more modern building materials. In 1995, the school celebrated its 150th anniversary.

The school was rated as "outstanding" by school regulator Ofsted following an inspection in 2007, [8] the highest possible Ofsted rating. An interim report following an inspection in 2010 upheld that rating, resulting in the next full inspection being deferred until 2012. Following the inspection in 2012, the school was judged as "good", the second-highest rating from Ofsted. In order to improve, the 2012 report concluded, the school needed to "improve the quality of teaching and learning to further raise attainment in mathematics by the end of Year 6". [9] A short inspection in 2017 maintained the school's "good" rating, with some improvement noted in mathematics from the previous full inspection, but that further progress was still needed in the teaching and assessment of mathematics. [10]

Headteachers

Controversies

The school was involved in a controversy in 2012 when it emerged that a convicted paedophile named Donald Hunt had, in 2011, visited the school while working at a farmers' market, something that would breach the terms of his sexual offences prevention order. [13] Then-headteacher Mrs Daniel spoke at Hunt's four-hour-long trial at Carlisle Magistrates Court, and he was ultimately sentenced to two years of community service. [14]

Pupils

As a primary school, Holme St. Cuthbert caters to pupils aged between four and eleven years of age. There are two classes: infants and juniors. The infant class has pupils from Reception to Year Two, and the junior class from Years Three to Six. In 2007, 47 pupils were enrolled at Holme St. Cuthbert. [15] That number fluctuates from year to year, however. For example, in 2009 there were 46 pupils, one down on the 2007 number, [16] and as of 2015, the number of pupils had risen to 59. [17]

In 2009, Cumbria County Council launched a review into school travelling arrangements, with the aim of encouraging car sharing, walking, and cycling to school, as well as improving awareness of the school's presence to approaching drivers. This was done partly to cut congestion during school opening and closing times, and partly to increase awareness of environmental issues. The school's rural location and the poor condition of roads to and from the school - especially in autumn and winter months - were among the reasons why walking and cycling to school were considered less safe. However, the report aimed to increase the percentages of pupils walking and cycling to school to 5% and 15% respectively, while increasing car-sharing to 15% too. [18]

Catchment Area

Holme St. Cuthbert's main catchment area is the parish of the same name. This includes the village of Mawbray, and many smaller hamlets including Goodyhills, Newtown, and Salta. Some families from outside of the catchment area opt to send their children to Holme St. Cuthbert, [19] due to its good reputation in the local community. In 2009, 13 pupils out of a total enrolment of 46 came from outside of the catchment area. [20]

The school is considered to be a feeder school for Solway Community Technology College in Silloth-on-Solway. [21] However, some pupils prefer to attend the Nelson Thomlinson School in Wigton instead, and as such Holme St. Cuthbert school's car park is one of the stops made by school buses taking pupils to Nelson Thomlinson. [22]

Notable former pupils

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goodyhills</span> A hamlet in Cumbria, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newtown, Holme St Cuthbert</span> A hamlet in Cumbria, England

Newtown is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme St Cuthbert in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located approximately two miles north-east of the village of Mawbray, a little over half-a-mile as the crow flies to the south-east of Beckfoot, and twenty-five miles west of the city of Carlisle. The B5300 coast road runs approximately three-quarters of a mile to the west of the hamlet, which goes to Maryport, nine-and-a-quarter miles to the south-west, and Silloth-on-Solway, approximately four miles to the north.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holme Low</span> A civil parish in Cumbria, England

Holme Low is a civil parish in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, United Kingdom. It borders the parishes of Holme St. Cuthbert and Holme Abbey to the south, the town of Silloth-on-Solway to the north-west, and has a short stretch of coastline on the Solway Firth to the west. To the north, it is bordered by lands common to Holme St. Cuthbert, Holme Low, and Holme Abbey, which is an unpopulated area. Holme Low had a population of 373 in 137 households at the 2001 census, reducing slightly in the 2011 Census to a population of 362 in 162 households.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hailforth</span> A hamlet in Cumbria, England

Hailforth is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert, in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located approximately half a mile south-west of the village of Mawbray, and a similar distance north-east of Salta. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is situated twenty-five miles to the north-east. The hamlet consists of four houses, and is situated on the road which runs from Mawbray to the coast, where it joins the B5300 at Dubmill, three-quarters of a mile to the south-west.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wolsty</span> A hamlet in Cumbria, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dubmill</span> A settlement in Cumbria, England

Dubmill is a settlement in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located approximately one mile south-west of the village of Mawbray, half-a-mile to the west of the hamlet of Salta, three-quarters of a mile south-west of the hamlet of Hailforth, and one-and-a-half miles north of the village of Allonby. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, lies approximately twenty-eight miles to the north-east. The B5300, known locally as the coast road, runs through Dubmill.

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Highlaws is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme Abbey in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately two-and-a-quarter miles south-west of Abbeytown, one-and-a-half miles east of Pelutho, and one mile to the north of Aldoth. Other nearby settlements include Mawbray, four-and-a-quarter miles to the south-west, Blitterlees, three miles to the north-west, Blackdyke, two-and-a-quarter miles due north, and Foulsyke. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is located twenty miles to the north-east.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cowgate, Cumbria</span> A hamlet in Cumbria, England

Cowgate is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is pproximately a quarter-of-a-mile south-west of Newtown, one mile north-west of the hamlet of Holme St. Cuthbert, and one-and-a-half miles north-east of Mawbray. Other nearby settlements include Goodyhills, one-and-a-quarter miles to the south-east, Hailforth, one-and-three-quarter miles to the south-east, and Beckfoot, one-and-a-half miles to the north. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is approximately twenty-four-and-a-half miles to the north-east.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plasketlands</span> A hamlet in Cumbria, England

Plasketlands is a small settlement in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located approximately a quarter-of-a-mile south-west of Goodyhills, a quarter-of-a-mile to the south of the hamlet of Holme St. Cuthbert, and one-and-a-half miles east of Mawbray. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is twenty-four miles away to the north-east. The settlement is divided into two distinct parts: High Plasketlands and Plasketlands. Jordan beck, a tributary of the Black Dub beck, flows through Plasketlands on its way to Allonby Bay.

References

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  10. ↑ "Holme St Cuthbert school document 2679479". Ofsted. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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  12. ↑ "Times & Star - Christine plans more Old Trafford visits" . Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "News & Star - Dangerous paedophile had Cumbrian school pupils helping him on market stall" . Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "News & Star - Cumbrian teacher who broke "no child contact" order sentenced" . Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "Times & Star - Kind, caring school outstanding, says Ofsted" . Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "Cumbria CC - Holme St. Cuthbert School Travel Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "Dept. for Education - Holme St. Cuthbert school" . Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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  21. ↑ "Solway Community Technology College - Newsletter 21" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  22. ↑ "Nelson Thomlinson School - Transport" . Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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