Workington Academy is a secondary school located in Workington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 23/05/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.4%, which is 2.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Stainburn Road, Workington, CA14 4EB
Website: https://www.workingtonacademy.org/
Telephone: 01900873926
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Des Bird
Religious character: None
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 141499

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 23/05/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1050
Number of Pupils: 1010
Number of Boys: 523
Number of Girls: 487

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.47 Confidence interval -0.69 to -0.25
Of the 132 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 130 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:22%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:27%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:40.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.38
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ashfield Junior School
High Street , CA14 4ES 		3out of 4 424 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Ashfield Infant & Nursery School
Newlands Lane , CA14 3JG 		4out of 4 593 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Derwent Street , CA14 2DW 		3out of 4 1,372 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Victoria Junior School
Victoria Road , CA14 2RE 		3out of 4 1,557 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Victoria Infant and Nursery School
Islay Place , CA14 3XB 		4out of 4 1,577 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Workington Academy
Stainburn Road , Stainburn CA14 4EB 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington
Harrington Road , CA14 3EE 		- not rated 847 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Energy Coast UTC
Blackwood Road , Lillyhall CA14 4JW 		4out of 4 3,256 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cumbria Academy for Autism
Branthwaite Road , CA14 4SS 		- not rated 2,476 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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