Cockermouth School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cockermouth, CA13 9HF
- Distance
- 10.8km away
Beacon Hill Community School
Market Square, Aspatria, Wigton, CA7 3EZ
Local ranking19th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 28.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 13.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 30.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 36.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 30
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 9.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 137
- Boys
- 72 (53%)
- Girls
- 65 (47%)
- Capacity
- 350 (39% full)
- SEND
- 39.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 37.2%
- EAL
- 1.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.6%
- SEN Support
- 32.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £12,576/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 97.1%
- White Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Other: 0.7%
97.1%
White British
0.7%
White Other
0.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Market Square
Wigton, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112375
- UKPRN
- 10014963
- Establishment No.
- 4001
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