Richard Rose Central Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Carlisle, CA1 1LY
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Trinity School
Strand Road, Carlisle, CA1 1JB
Local ranking8th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 19 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 260
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 31.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
138
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 347
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1675
- Boys
- 860 (50%)
- Girls
- 851 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (114% full)
- SEND
- 24.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.1%
- EAL
- 6.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.2%
- SEN Support
- 20.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 93.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,344/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
- 10.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.5%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
86.5%
White British
5.1%
White Other
2.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Strand Road
Carlisle, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 137369
- UKPRN
- 10034763
- Establishment No.
- 5402
- Trust
- TRINITY SCHOOL, A CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
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