Graded inspection · Mar 2022 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry297 applications · 194 places offered · 195 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.5
- 2023 1.2; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2022 1.3; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2021 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2020 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 2018 1.5; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Cumberland median median 1.7
- 2016 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.6
- 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 | 194 | 297 | 1.5 | 195 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 202 | 328 | 1.6 | 222 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 201 | 302 | 1.5 | 250 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2023 | 237 | 295 | 1.2 | 237 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 253 | 334 | 1.3 | 253 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 238 | 346 | 1.5 | 239 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 203 | 280 | 1.4 | 201 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 188 | 287 | 1.5 | 187 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 167 | 247 | 1.5 | 153 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 144 | 242 | 1.7 | 143 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 117 | 206 | 1.8 | 108 | 0.92 |
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.) | 214 | 40.9 | 34% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 176 | 40.5 | 34% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 166 | 39.9 | 32% | 52% | −0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 149 | 43.1 | 41% | 62% | +0.15 |
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
- Workington AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.5applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Cumberland20262.0applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · CumberlandGood202322.5Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · CumberlandStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · CumberlandGood20232.1applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- 12.1 km · CumberlandRemains Good20241.9applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 17.5 km · CumberlandSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 18.7 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 37.5Attainment 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141499 · 942/4007
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,360 pupils · 1,234 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Address
- Stainburn Road, Stainburn, Workington, CA14 4EB
- Local authority
- Cumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources