Which school had the best GCSE results in Cumbria in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith topped the table in Cumbria with 68.4. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

Where are the latest Cumbria GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Cumbria are on the main Cumbria GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Cumbria show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Cumbria GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

39 state secondary schools in Cumbria ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 3 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest Cumbria GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 39 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Cumbria ranked on Attainment 8

39 of 39 schools have published 2022 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in Cumbria ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith Penrith · Academy converter	68.4	+0.35 (0.10 to 0.60)	95%	98%	6.21	125
2	Queen Elizabeth School Academy converter	64.6	+0.61 (0.37 to 0.85)	81%	91%	5.88	135
3	Keswick School Keswick · Academy converter	57.9	+0.32 (0.12 to 0.52)	69%	88%	5.55	207
4	Cockermouth School Cockermouth · Academy converter	56.5	+0.40 (0.21 to 0.59)	64%	80%	5.15	219
5	Kirkbie Kendal School Kendal · Academy converter	55.4	+0.32 (0.11 to 0.53)	65%	86%	4.94	184
6	Cartmel Priory CofE School Grange-over-Sands · Academy converter	55.2	+0.41 (0.08 to 0.75)	71%	83%	4.59	70
7	The Queen Katherine School Kendal · Academy converter	54.6	+0.32 (0.08 to 0.57)	56%	73%	4.60	128
8	Ulverston Victoria High School Ulverston · Community school	51.6	-0.10 (-0.29 to 0.09)	49%	70%	4.55	215
9=	The Nelson Thomlinson School Wigton · Voluntary controlled school	51.1	+0.00 (-0.20 to 0.19)	55%	73%	4.47	204
9=	West Lakes Academy Egremont · Academy sponsor led	51.1	+0.05 (-0.15 to 0.25)	52%	71%	4.60	195
11	John Ruskin School Coniston · Community school	49.6	+0.10 (-0.38 to 0.57)	47%	72%	4.51	36
12	Millom School Millom · Community school	48.8	-0.13 (-0.40 to 0.14)	49%	71%	4.06	103
13	Dallam School Cumbria · Academy converter	48.5	-0.23 (-0.46 to 0.00)	47%	72%	4.15	155
14	The Lakes School Windermere · Community school	48.0	+0.00 (-0.34 to 0.34)	52%	71%	3.98	75
15	Settlebeck School Sedbergh · Academy converter	47.4	+0.02 (-0.43 to 0.47)	40%	70%	3.88	40
16	William Howard School Brampton · Academy converter	47.2	-0.16 (-0.33 to 0.02)	41%	63%	4.01	253
17	St Benedict's Catholic High School Whitehaven · Voluntary aided school	47.0	-0.34 (-0.53 to -0.15)	40%	67%	4.03	205
18	St John Henry Newman Catholic School Carlisle · Voluntary aided school	46.6	-0.22 (-0.50 to 0.07)	37%	64%	4.16	102
19	Chetwynde School Barrow-in-Furness · Free schools	46.3	-0.43 (-0.80 to -0.06)	50%	74%	4.12	58
20	Caldew School Carlisle · Academy converter	46.1	-0.19 (-0.40 to 0.02)	38%	65%	4.06	169
21	Appleby Grammar School Appleby-in-Westmorland · Academy converter	45.8	+0.10 (-0.24 to 0.43)	40%	72%	4.01	67
22	Furness Academy Barrow-in-Furness · Academy sponsor led	45.7	-0.13 (-0.34 to 0.08)	39%	61%	3.48	176
23	Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Kirkby Stephen · Academy converter	45.2	-0.16 (-0.51 to 0.19)	44%	65%	3.87	63
24	Trinity School Carlisle · Academy converter	44.7	-0.38 (-0.55 to -0.21)	45%	66%	3.97	274
25=	Dowdales School Dalton-in-Furness · Community school	44.5	-0.48 (-0.68 to -0.28)	33%	59%	3.90	188
25=	Ullswater Community College Penrith · Foundation school	44.5	-0.03 (-0.21 to 0.15)	45%	68%	3.94	245
27	Workington Academy Workington · Academy sponsor led	43.6	-0.17 (-0.40 to 0.06)	43%	65%	3.84	150
28	St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow Barrow-in-Furness · Academy converter	43.3	-0.43 (-0.67 to -0.20)	35%	57%	3.46	141
29	Richard Rose Central Academy Carlisle · Academy sponsor led	42.1	-0.24 (-0.50 to 0.02)	33%	54%	3.89	123
30	Richard Rose Morton Academy Carlisle · Academy sponsor led	41.8	-0.30 (-0.51 to -0.09)	37%	56%	3.45	172
31	Netherhall School Maryport · Community school	41.4	-0.91 (-1.17 to -0.65)	36%	58%	3.24	114
32	Queen Elizabeth Studio School Studio schools	41.1	-0.52 (-0.79 to -0.26)	28%	53%	3.32	109
33	The Whitehaven Academy Whitehaven · Academy sponsor led	38.6	-0.72 (-1.01 to -0.44)	29%	51%	3.16	94
34	Solway Community School Wigton · Community school	37.8	-1.15 (-1.82 to -0.48)	11%	50%	2.70	18
35	Walney Academy Barrow-in-Furness · Academy sponsor led	37.2	-1.09 (-1.39 to -0.79)	26%	57%	3.11	87
36	St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington Workington · Academy converter	35.3	-0.58 (-0.85 to -0.30)	19%	36%	2.79	100
37	Samuel King's School Alston · Foundation school	35.0	-0.34 (-0.92 to 0.25)	30%	39%	3.00	23
38	Beacon Hill Community School Wigton · Community school	33.7	-1.57 (-2.13 to -1.02)	16%	36%	2.97	25
39	Energy Coast UTC Workington · University technical college	30.9	-1.25 (-1.53 to -0.98)	28%	46%	2.76	103

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Cumbria with published 2022 GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Austin Friars Carlisle · Other independent school	9.7	0%	41
Sedbergh School Sedbergh (La10 5hg) · Other independent school	44.1	0%	111
Windermere School The Lake District · Other independent school	12.3	0%	57

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Cumbria GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Cumbria on our composite score

Cumbria GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Cumbria ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Cumbria with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in Cumbria

Cumbria GCSE results: common questions