Richard Rose Morton Academy is a secondary school located in Carlisle. 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 04/10/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.3%, which is 2.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Wigton Road, Carlisle, CA2 6LB
Website: http://www.rrma.org.uk/
Telephone: 01228822633
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Principal Richard McGuire
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 135620

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/10/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1150
Number of Pupils: 814
Number of Boys: 423
Number of Girls: 391

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.72 Confidence interval -0.99 to -0.45
Of the 84 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 84 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:20%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:23%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:39.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.16
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Newlaithes Infant School
Langrigg Road , CA2 6DX
3out of 4 670 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Newlaithes Junior School
Langrigg Road , CA2 6DX
3out of 4 781 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Yewdale School
Yewdale Road , CA2 7SD
3out of 4 1,155 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Strathclyde Avenue , CA2 7DS
3out of 4 1,423 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Belle Vue Primary School
Beaver Road , CA2 7PT
3out of 4 1,577 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Richard Rose Morton Academy
Wigton Road , CA2 6LB
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
University of Cumbria
Paternoster Row , CA3 8TB
- not rated 2,857 yd Higher education institutions No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.