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West Lakes Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Main Street, Egremont CA22 2DQ · wla.education · 01946 820356

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
40.8
average Attainment 8 score. Cumberland 42.3, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,017
88% of 1,150 places
Local authority
Cumberland
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
28.2%
First language not English
2.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Changing Lives Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 109 families put the school first and 117 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 248 (Places 199)248September 2023: 199 (Places 173)199September 2024: 197 (Places 201)197September 2025: 154 (Places 154)154September 2026: 109 (Places 117)109Places 117
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261171090.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251541541100%
September 2024Sept 2024201197198%
September 2023Sept 20231731991.2▲86%
September 2022Sept 20221992481.2▲80%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.8, and 32% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Cumberland it was 42.3, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (28.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 51.3 (England 46.3)51.32017/18: 53.8 (England 46.5)53.82018/19: 50.8 (England 46.7)50.82021/22: 51.1 (England 48.8)51.12022/23: 43.7 (England 46.3)43.72023/24: 42.0 (England 45.9)42.02024/25: 40.8 (England 46.0)40.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼40.846.0
▼32.0%45.4%
▼51.9%64.8%
▼24.9%40.5%
▼3.514.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form39.6−7.6
Further education30.5+1.8
Apprenticeship15.7+6
Employment3.60
Not in a lasting destination7.1+1.5
Activity not captured3.6+0.5

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 28.4 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.5 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 34.5 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 36.7 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 36.7 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.7 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 32.9 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 28.7 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
65 studentsC (28.7)Below average -0.35
65 studentsC (28.6)Below average -0.35
47 studentsMerit+ (29.6)Average -0.20
3.8%AAB or better
87.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2476C+ (32.9)-0.14
2022/2379C+ (33.7)—
2021/2289B- (36.7)—
2018/1984B- (36.7)+0.21
2017/1895C+ (34.5)+0.30
2016/1791C (31.5)+0.26
2015/1692C (28.4)+0.29

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University29.1−18.4
Further education1.1+0.1
Apprenticeship38.4+15.2
Employment23.3+5.1
Not in a lasting destination8.1+3

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected West Lakes Academy on 17 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
17 Jun 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Sixth formRequires improvement

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Apr 2023

Other inspections

Report cards, from November 2025

  • Jun 2026Monitoring visitIneffective action

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Apr 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2017Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

13% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (239 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
13%
Replies
239
21% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼41% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼48% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼13% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼38% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼36% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼22% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼37% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼65% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼68% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼21% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼24% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 89% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼11% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 44% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼10% agreeEngland 67%

based on 67 parents (28%) with SEND

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