Workington Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Workington, CA14 4EB
- Distance
- 9.0km away
Netherhall School
Netherhall Road, Maryport, CA15 6NT
Local ranking15th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1053
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 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
- Sixth form provision
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 134
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 44.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 27.0%
- Employment
- 15.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
41
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 72
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 874
- Boys
- 421 (47%)
- Girls
- 473 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1053 (85% full)
- SEND
- 26.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.0%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 22.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,309/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.4% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 95.8%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- White Traveller: 0.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.2%
95.8%
White British
1.1%
White Other
0.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Netherhall Road
Maryport, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112382
- UKPRN
- 10004561
- Establishment No.
- 4104
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