West Lakes Academy is a state-funded secondary school in Cumberland, North West, for pupils aged 11 to 18 for boys and girls. DfE data records 1,017 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 1,150.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Inadequate (17 Jun 2025). The published Attainment 8 score was 40.8 for 2024/25. Admissions data records 109 first-preference applications and 117 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Not judged
Based on 17 Jun 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership & management | Inadequate |
| Sixth-form provision | Requires improvement |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Outstanding |
| Leadership & management | Outstanding |
| Sixth-form provision | Outstanding |
Published 13 Jul 2025.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Cumberland |
| Applications open | Usually 1 September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 31 October 2026 |
| National offer day | 1 March 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 117 |
| First-preference applications | 109 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 201 |
| First-preference offers | 109 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average score) | 40.8 |
| English & maths: grades 9–4 | 51.9% |
| English & maths: grades 9–5 | 32% |
| EBacc entry | 24.9% |
| EBacc grades 9–4 | 12.7% |
| EBacc grades 9–5 | 6.6% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.51 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 28.69 |
| Best three A-levels: average points | 30.64 |
| Value added | -0.35 |
| Value added: lower confidence limit | -0.52 |
| Value added: upper confidence limit | -0.17 |
| AAB or higher (including two facilitating subjects) | 3.8% |
| Pupils | 65 |
| Published progress band | Below average |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| This school’s sixth form | 40.2% |
| Sixth-form college | 0% |
| Further education college | 33.5% |
| Apprenticeship | 13.9% |
| Employment | 2.4% |
| Not sustained | 4.8% |
| Unknown | 5.3% |
Cohort: 209 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 90%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
| Destination | Pupils |
|---|---|
| Higher education | 35.8% |
| Further education | 3.2% |
| Other education | 0% |
| Apprenticeship | 37.9% |
| Employment | 15.8% |
| Not sustained | 5.3% |
| Unknown | 2.1% |
Cohort: 95 pupils · Sustained education or employment: 92.6%
DfE destinations follow school leavers, not current pupils.
2024/25 · Published entries
DfE subject entries; pupils may take multiple subjects.
18.5 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 7.2% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 2.75% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 91.2% |
| White other | 3.4% |
| Mixed | 1.3% |
| Asian | 0.8% |
| Black | 0.8% |
| Other | 0.3% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
13% would recommend this school
239 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 41% |
| Feels safe | 48% |
| Well behaved pupils | 13% |
| Bullying dealt with | 5% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 22% |
| Concerns dealt with | 21% |
| SEND support | 10% |
| High expectations | 38% |
| Child does well | 36% |
| Progress updates | 37% |
| Subject range | 65% |
| Clubs & activities | 68% |
| Personal development | 21% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
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