Cockermouth School is a secondary school located in Cockermouth. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 11/05/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5%, which is 1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Castlegate Drive, Cockermouth, CA13 9HF
Website: http://www.cockermouthschool.org/
Telephone: 01900898888
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Richard King
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 142306

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 11/05/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1363
Number of Pupils: 1327
Number of Boys: 652
Number of Girls: 675

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.51 Confidence interval 0.33 to 0.69
Of the 207 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 203 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:48%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:63%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:54.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:5.03
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
All Saints' CofE School
Slatefell Drive , CA13 9BH
3out of 4 373 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Fairfield Primary School
Gallowbarrow , CA13 0DX
3out of 4 1,294 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Mountain View , CA13 0DG
2out of 4 1,464 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cockermouth School
Castlegate Drive , CA13 9HF
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.