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Energy Coast UTC

Workington, CA14 4JW · Cumberland · secondary school

Ofsted: Good · 2023 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Secondary
1.8/10 Well below average

15th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 0.0/10 against 739 of them, against 0.0/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 12.4 · 0 30% 0.02
Progress 8 2023/24 -1.6 · 0 25% 0.01
Attainment 8 2024/25 24.2 · 0 10% 0.00

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. Ofsted rated the school Good in May 2023. In 2024/25, 12.4% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 24.2, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -1.6 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (0.0 out of 10 either way).

Getting in. The school has 387 pupils in a capacity of 560, leaving 173 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the attainment gap with the national median? What specific support is available for students aiming for higher grades in English and maths? How does the school utilise its current spare capacity to enhance the learning environment?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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