North West
Secondary schools in Cumberland
175 schools, 38,895 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 36.
Ofsted across Cumberland
Good98
Outstanding6
Requires improvement5
No overall grade66
109 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 66 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Cumberland
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keswick SchoolAcademy converter | Keswick | Outstanding 2024 | 52.1 |
| Cockermouth SchoolAcademy converter | Cockermouth | Good 2024 | 51.9 |
| The Nelson Thomlinson SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Wigton | Good 2023 | 46.2 |
| William Howard SchoolAcademy converter | Brampton | No grade | 45 |
| Millom SchoolCommunity school | Millom | Good 2022 | 44.9 |
| Caldew SchoolAcademy converter | Carlisle | Good 2022 | 44.3 |
| Richard Rose Morton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Carlisle | No grade | 43.4 |
| Richard Rose Central AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Carlisle | No grade | 42.3 |
| Trinity SchoolAcademy converter | Carlisle | No grade | 41.4 |
| St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Whitehaven | No grade | 41.2 |
| St John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolVoluntary aided school | Carlisle | Good 2022 | 41 |
| West Lakes AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Egremont | No grade | 40.8 |
| Workington AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Workington | Good 2022 | 40.5 |
| Netherhall SchoolCommunity school | Maryport | No grade | 39.7 |
| The Whitehaven AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Whitehaven | Good 2023 | 39.7 |
| St Josephs Catholic High School, WorkingtonAcademy converter | Workington | Requires improvement 2023 | 37.4 |
| Solway Community SchoolCommunity school | Wigton | No grade | 35 |
| Beacon Hill Community SchoolCommunity school | Wigton | No grade | 28.8 |
| Energy Coast UTCUniversity technical college | Workington | Good 2023 | 24.2 |