St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington
About the school
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington is an open secondary school in Cumberland.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 28 November 2023
- Published
- 21 January 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 37.4
- Cumberland
- 42.3
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Cumberland
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 31.20%
- Cumberland
- 36.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 48.40%
- Cumberland
- 57.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 7.50%
- Cumberland
- 32.00%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.08
- Cumberland
- 3.76
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
517
Girls
57.64%
Boys
42.36%
SEN support
20.50%
Education, health and care plan
4.45%
English as an additional language
12.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
43.71%
Overall absence
7.42
Persistent absence
16.95
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
119
Sustained education or employment
91%
Education
76%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
5%
Not sustained
5%