The Whitehaven Academy 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 inadequate. The school inspection was carried out on 20/10/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.3%, which is 3.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Cleator Moor Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8TY
Website: https://www.whitehavenacademy.org.uk
Telephone: 01946595400
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Nigel Youngman
Religious character: None
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 146634

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 20/10/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1465
Number of Pupils: 531
Number of Boys: 289
Number of Girls: 242

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 22.3% 8.2%

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedHensingham Primary School
Main Street, CA28 8QZ 		567 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Jericho Primary School
Windsor Court, CA28 6UX 		810 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School
Esk Avenue, Corkickle CA28 8AJ 		1,465 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Valley Primary School and Nursery
Whinlatter Road, CA28 8DA 		1,857 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Begh's Catholic Junior School
Coach Road, CA28 7TE 		1,905 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
1out of 4The Whitehaven Academy
Cleator Moor Road, CA28 8TY 		0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Benedict's Catholic High School
Red Lonning, Hensingham CA28 8UG 		601 yd Voluntary aided school No 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 		689 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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