Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Cumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 30 June 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 28 November 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry238 applications · 118 places offered · 124 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.9
- 2024 1.4; Cumberland median median 1.5
- 2023 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2022 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.8
- 2021 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Cumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Cumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Cumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Cumberland median
Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic High School, Business and Enterprise College (URN 112401), the previous school.
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 | 118 | 238 | 2.0 | 124 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 104 | 201 | 1.9 | 92 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 119 | 168 | 1.4 | 70 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2023 | 89 | 172 | 1.9 | 81 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 92 | 176 | 1.9 | 92 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 122 | 238 | 2.0 | 122 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 113 | 218 | 1.9 | 111 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 * | 138 | 263 | 1.9 | 136 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 * | 145 | 232 | 1.6 | 123 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2017 * | 120 | 230 | 1.9 | 117 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 134 | 223 | 1.7 | 120 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 145 | 242 | 1.7 | 143 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 137 | 223 | 1.6 | 137 | 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.) | 114 | 36.8 | 25% | 47% | – |
| 2024/25 | 93 | 37.4 | 31% | 48% | – |
| 2023/24 | 102 | 36.9 | 24% | 44% | −0.63 |
| 2022/23 | 119 | 43.4 | 33% | 56% | −0.31 |
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
- St Josephs Catholic High School, WorkingtonThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 36.8Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · CumberlandGood20221.5applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · CumberlandGood202322.5Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · CumberlandStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · CumberlandGood20232.1applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- 12.8 km · CumberlandRemains Good20241.9applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 17.3 km · CumberlandSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 19.4 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148703 · 942/4810
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 615 pupils · 539 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Replaced
- St Joseph's Catholic High School, Business and Enterprise College (URN 112401)
- Address
- Harrington Road, Workington, CA14 3EE
- Local authority
- Cumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources