Secondary
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Red Lonning, Hensingham, Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 990 of 1194 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
33%
41.2
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.46 |
| Entered the EBacc | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.12 |
| A level students | 67 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40% |
| 22/23 | 37% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 33% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33.7 |
| 22/23 | 24.7 |
| 23/24 | 28.3 |
| 24/25 | 30.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.34 |
| 22/23 | -0.26 |
| 23/24 | -0.29 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.0 |
| 22/23 | 44.4 |
| 23/24 | 42.6 |
| 24/25 | 41.2 |
Red Lonning, Hensingham, Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cumberland admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Executive Headteacher
- Emma Jackson
- Address
- Red Lonning, Hensingham, Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
- Telephone
- 01946692275