West Lakes Academy

📍 Main Street, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA22 2DQ

About this school

West Lakes Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Cumberland, Cumbria. The school has 1,124 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 26 April 2023. The Principal is Stephen Grant. The school is administered by Cumberland local authority. It belongs to CHANGING LIVES LEARNING TRUST. It opened in 1 September 2008.

School details

Principal

Stephen Grant

Trust

CHANGING LIVES LEARNING TRUST

Local authority

Cumberland

Gender

Mixed

URN

135632

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at West Lakes Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Cumberland). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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