The Whitehaven Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Whitehaven, CA28 8TY
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Red Lonning, Hensingham, Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
Local ranking9th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1194
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 19.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 149
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 45.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 30.0%
- Employment
- 16.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
67
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 112
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 992
- Boys
- 493 (50%)
- Girls
- 499 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1194 (83% full)
- SEND
- 17.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.5%
- EAL
- 5.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,680/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 91.1%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.4%
- White Other: 1.3%
- Other: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.5%
91.1%
White British
1.6%
Asian Other
1.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Red Lonning
Whitehaven, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112398
- UKPRN
- 10006124
- Establishment No.
- 4622
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