Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Sixth form provision | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 29 April 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 2 March 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry207 applications · 152 places offered · 150 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2025 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2024 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.5
- 2023 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2022 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2021 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2020 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2019 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2018 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2017 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2016 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2015 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2014 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.5
- This school
- Cumberland median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 152 | 207 | 1.4 | 150 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 175 | 233 | 1.3 | 171 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 171 | 199 | 1.2 | 168 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 130 | 166 | 1.3 | 130 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 152 | 180 | 1.2 | 152 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 138 | 185 | 1.3 | 134 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 132 | 171 | 1.3 | 131 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 116 | 148 | 1.3 | 114 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 92 | 126 | 1.4 | 85 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 91 | 111 | 1.2 | 91 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 95 | 119 | 1.3 | 93 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 119 | 1.3 | 90 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 123 | 1.4 | 90 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 134 | 41.7 | 28% | 50% | – |
| 2024/25 | 148 | 39.7 | 28% | 50% | – |
| 2023/24 | 127 | 38.0 | 27% | 50% | −0.69 |
| 2022/23 | 114 | 39.2 | 27% | 56% | −0.76 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Netherhall SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · CumberlandGood20221.5applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · Cumberland20262.0applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · CumberlandRemains Good20241.9applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · CumberlandGood202322.5Attainment 8
- 18.4 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 31.8Attainment 8
- 20.0 km · CumberlandStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 20.4 km · CumberlandGood20232.1applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 112382 · 942/4104
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,053 pupils · 894 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 1900
- Address
- Netherhall Road, Maryport, CA15 6NT
- Local authority
- Cumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources