Secondary
West Lakes Academy
Main Street, Egremont, CA22 2DQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1017 of 1150 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- CHANGING LIVES LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 104.2
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 1,148
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationInadequate
- Sixth formRequires improvement
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
April 2023
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)March 2017
Previous framework
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
GCSE results
32%
40.8
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.51 |
| Entered the EBacc | 25% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.69 |
| A level students | 65 |
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 | 52% |
| 22/23 | 35% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 32% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.7 |
| 22/23 | 33.7 |
| 23/24 | 32.9 |
| 24/25 | 28.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.05 |
| 22/23 | -0.37 |
| 23/24 | -0.42 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.1 |
| 22/23 | 43.7 |
| 23/24 | 42.0 |
| 24/25 | 40.8 |
Main Street, Egremont, CA22 2DQ
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
- Principal
- Stephen Grant
- Address
- Main Street, Egremont, CA22 2DQ
- Telephone
- 01946820356