St Benedict's Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
- Distance
- 0.6km away
The Whitehaven Academy
Cleator Moor Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8TY
Local ranking12th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1465
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 8.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 126
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Higher education
- 13.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 63.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 45
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 810
- Boys
- 407 (50%)
- Girls
- 403 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1465 (55% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.2%
- EAL
- 0.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 16.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,940/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 96.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.4%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
- Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Other: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.1%
96.5%
White British
1.4%
Mixed Other
0.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cleator Moor Road
Whitehaven, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 146634
- UKPRN
- 10082087
- Establishment No.
- 4015
- Trust
- CUMBRIA EDUCATION TRUST
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