Richard Rose Morton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 16 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cumberland
Unique reference
135620
Address
Wigton Road, CA2 6LB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
894 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
52.0%
Girls
48.0%
First language not English
4.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.3%
Persistent absence
20.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.4%
Other White 3.7%
Mixed 0.9%
African 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.63
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award22
MultimediaTechnical Award28
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
BiologyGCSE10
ChemistryGCSE10
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE147
English LiteratureGCSE146
GeographyGCSE88
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Richard Rose Morton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
187
2nd preference
51
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
89
97
Year 8
181
92
89
Year 9
176
89
87
Year 10
177
93
84
Year 11
174
102
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
n/a
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
n/a
34.7%
School sixth form
22.0%
n/a
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
n/a
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
n/a
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
n/a
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
n/a
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
n/a
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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