St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

CumberlandLocal Authority

Whitehaven and WorkingtonConstituency

CA14 3EEPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Cumberland, North West.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 539 pupils. St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington is part of MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 37.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 31.2%
EBacc average point score: 3.08

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

539

Total Pupils

41%Boys

59%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 539
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
21 Jan 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
13 May 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.