St Benedict's Catholic High School is a secondary school located in Whitehaven. 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 17/09/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.6%, which is 2.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Red Lonning, Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
Website: http://st-benedicts.cumbria.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01946692275
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Emma Jackson
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 112398

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 17/09/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1398
Number of Pupils: 1119
Number of Boys: 555
Number of Girls: 564

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 19.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.14 Confidence interval -0.34 to 0.07
Of the 148 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 146 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:20%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:32%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.6
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Jericho Primary School
Windsor Court, CA28 6UX
517 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedHensingham Primary School
Main Street, CA28 8QZ
854 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School
Esk Avenue, Corkickle CA28 8AJ
1,431 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Begh's Catholic Junior School
Coach Road, CA28 7TE
1,581 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4St James' CofE Junior School
Wellington Row, CA28 7HG
1,815 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4St Benedict's Catholic High School
Red Lonning, Hensingham CA28 8UG
0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
1out of 4The Whitehaven Academy
Cleator Moor Road, CA28 8TY
601 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4Mayfield School
Campus Whitehaven, Red Lonning CA28 8UG
295 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.