St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D42
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Workington, CA14 3EE
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Workington Academy
Stainburn Road, Stainburn, Workington, CA14 4EB
Local ranking5th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1360
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 38.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 176
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 69.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 76.0%
- Higher education
- 44.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 19.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 19.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
64
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 36.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 141
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1266
- Boys
- 622 (49%)
- Girls
- 644 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1360 (93% full)
- SEND
- 15.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.3%
- EAL
- 1.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 12.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,941/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 96.3%
- White Other: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- White Irish: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- Black African: 0.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.2%
- White Traveller: 0.2%
96.3%
White British
1.3%
White Other
0.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Stainburn Road
Workington, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 141499
- UKPRN
- 10052848
- Establishment No.
- 4007
- Trust
- CUMBRIA EDUCATION TRUST
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