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St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington

  • Secondary
  • Academy converter
  • Ages 11 to 16
  • Roman Catholic

URN 148703 · Cumberland · MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

In Cumberland

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest report card inspection

30 June 2026
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

Full inspection (section 5)

Report cards, used from 10 November 2025, grade each area on a five-point scale and give no overall grade. Safeguarding is met or not met.

Earlier inspection, different framework

Earlier graded inspection

28 November 2023

Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement

Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

Full inspection (section 5)

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Cumberland and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

7.4%

Cumberland
8.7%
England
8.4%

1.0 percentage point lower than England.

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Overall absence
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published5.5%
2018/19Not publishedNot published5.5%
2020/21Not publishedNot published5.5%
2021/2211.8%Not published9.0%
2022/2313.1%Not published9.0%
2023/2410.5%9.5%8.9%
2024/257.4%8.7%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

16.9%

Cumberland
23.2%
England
23.4%

6.5 percentage points lower than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published13.9%
2018/19Not publishedNot published13.7%
2020/21Not publishedNot published14.8%
2021/2239.6%Not published27.7%
2022/2342.6%Not published26.5%
2023/2430.3%26.9%25.6%
2024/2516.9%23.2%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

3.7%

Cumberland
4.1%
England
3.9%

0.2 percentage points lower than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published1.2%
2018/19Not publishedNot published1.3%
2020/21Not publishedNot published1.5%
2021/224.6%Not published2.7%
2022/236.5%Not published3.4%
2023/246.0%4.3%3.8%
2024/253.7%4.1%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Cumberland and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

15.67

Cumberland
17.86
England
21.24

5.57 lower than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published10.13
2018/19Not publishedNot published10.75
2019/20Not publishedNot published7.43
2020/21Not publishedNot published8.48
2021/2216.47Not published13.96
2022/2316.11Not published18.90
2023/2420.3918.0022.61
2024/2515.6717.8621.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Cumberland
0.18
England
0.23

0.23 lower than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published0.20
2018/19Not publishedNot published0.20
2019/20Not publishedNot published0.13
2020/21Not publishedNot published0.10
2021/220.33Not published0.16
2022/231.24Not published0.22
2023/241.170.390.25
2024/250.000.180.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against Cumberland and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

36.8

Cumberland
41.4
England
47.4

10.6 lower than England.

37.743.348.92021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Attainment 8
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published49.8
2022/23Not published43.747.2
2023/2436.942.846.9
2024/2537.442.747.1
2025/26 (provisional)36.841.447.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

47%

Cumberland
56%
England
66%

19 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 4 or above
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published70%
2022/23Not published61%67%
2023/2444%60%67%
2024/2548%58%66%
2025/26 (provisional)47%56%66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

25%

Cumberland
34%
England
48%

23 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published51%
2022/23Not published38%46%
2023/2424%39%47%
2024/2531%37%47%
2025/26 (provisional)25%34%48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against Cumberland and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

42.9%

Cumberland
23.2%
England
25.8%

17.1 percentage points higher than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/2234.8%Not published20.9%
2022/2335.9%Not published22.7%
2023/2437.9%21.9%24.1%
2024/2542.9%23.2%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

20.5%

Cumberland
14.2%
England
13.4%

7.1 percentage points higher than England.

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SEN support
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/2214.5%Not published11.9%
2022/2315.2%Not published12.4%
2023/2414.8%13.2%12.9%
2024/2520.5%14.2%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

4.5%

Cumberland
4.1%
England
3.1%

1.4 percentage points higher than England.

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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/221.7%Not published2.2%
2022/232.7%Not published2.4%
2023/243.3%3.8%2.7%
2024/254.5%4.1%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

12.6%

Cumberland
4.9%
England
19.2%

6.6 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2021/222.7%Not published17.5%
2022/233.9%Not published18.1%
2023/249.3%4.5%18.6%
2024/2512.6%4.9%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Cumberland and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

16.2

Cumberland
17.7
England
17.3

1.1 lower than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published16.5
2018/19Not publishedNot published16.8
2019/20Not publishedNot published17.2
2020/21Not publishedNot published17.1
2021/2214.4Not published17.1
2022/2314.6Not published17.2
2023/2417.217.817.4
2024/2517.417.317.3
2025/2616.217.717.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

7.4 days

Cumberland
4.8 days
England
5.0 days

2.4 days higher than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolCumberlandEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published4.0 days
2018/19Not publishedNot published4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/210.0 daysNot published3.9 days
2021/22Not publishedNot published6.3 days
2022/2310.5 days4.6 days5.2 days
2023/248.6 days4.7 days5.3 days
2024/257.4 days4.8 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
539
Capacity
615
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 16
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Trust
MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 September 2021
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 6 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Harrington Road, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 3EE

Website: www.sjchs.uk

Telephone: 01900873290

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