Cockermouth School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 8 2024 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
142306
Address
Castlegate Drive, CA13 9HF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1285 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.5%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.1%
Other White 2.8%
Mixed 1.5%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Indian 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other 0.2%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.6
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.91
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE78
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE210
English LiteratureGCSE207
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE45
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cockermouth School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
183
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
73
3rd preference
29
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
180
2nd preference
3
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
199
100
99
Year 8
229
140
89
Year 9
213
99
114
Year 10
227
123
104
Year 11
216
106
110
Year 12
106
50
56
Year 13
95
39
56
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
n/a
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
n/a
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
n/a
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
n/a
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
n/a
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
n/a
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
n/a
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
76.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
43.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
32.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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