Workington Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 30 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cumberland
Unique reference
141499
Address
Stainburn Road, Stainburn, CA14 4EB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1276 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.8%
Persistent absence
20.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95.7%
Other White 1.6%
Mixed 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.1
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.86
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award34
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award19
Health StudiesTechnical Award34
MultimediaTechnical Award14
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE146
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Workington Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
201
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
250
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
14
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
201
2nd preference
0
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
255
139
116
Year 8
270
141
129
Year 9
249
124
125
Year 10
186
93
93
Year 11
168
89
79
Year 12
85
34
51
Year 13
63
29
34
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
n/a
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
n/a
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
n/a
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
n/a
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
n/a
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
n/a
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
n/a
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
n/a
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
61.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
9.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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