Schools in Cumberland
171 state-funded schools, 38,952 pupils. 93% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 9 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Sep 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
23 schools have been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Cumberland?
Cumberland has 171 state-funded schools teaching 38,952 pupils. 144 primary, 19 secondary, 3 nursery.
What percentage of schools in Cumberland are Good or Outstanding?
93% of the 171 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Cumberland are rated Good or Outstanding: 9 Outstanding and 150 Good. 10 require improvement and 2 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in Cumberland are rated Outstanding?
9 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in Cumberland: Keswick School, West Lakes Academy, Mayfield School, James Rennie School, Ashfield Infant & Nursery School, Bookwell Primary School, and 3 more listed below.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Keswick SchoolSecondary1,208Outstanding 2024
- West Lakes AcademySecondary1,017Outstanding 2023
- Mayfield SchoolSpecial274Outstanding 2023
- James Rennie SchoolSpecial217Outstanding 2023
- Ashfield Infant & Nursery SchoolPrimary200Outstanding 2024
- Bookwell Primary SchoolPrimary194Outstanding 2024
- Silloth Primary SchoolPrimary185Outstanding 2024
- Hayton CofE Primary SchoolPrimary142Outstanding 2024
- Lanercost CofE Primary SchoolPrimary84Outstanding 2024
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 144 | 144 | 95.1% |
| Secondary | 19 | 19 | 89.5% |
| Nursery | 3 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Special | 3 | 3 | 66.7% |
| Alternative provision | 2 | 2 | 50% |
Every school in Cumberland
Showing 20 of 171 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trinity School | Secondary | 1,711 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
William Howard School | Secondary | 1,312 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Cockermouth School | Secondary | 1,254 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Workington Academy | Secondary | 1,234 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Keswick School | Secondary | 1,208 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Nelson Thomlinson School | Secondary | 1,095 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Richard Rose Central Academy | Secondary | 1,035 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
West Lakes Academy | Secondary | 1,017 | Outstanding2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Caldew School | Secondary | 990 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Benedict's Catholic High School | Secondary | 990 | Good2014 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Richard Rose Morton Academy | Secondary | 905 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Netherhall School | Secondary | 894 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Whitehaven Academy | Secondary | 859 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St John Henry Newman Catholic School | Secondary | 703 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Pennine Way Primary School | Primary | 558 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington | Secondary | 539 | Requires Improvement2023 | OfstedWebsite | |
Millom School | Secondary | 476 | Good2022 | Ofsted | |
Fairfield Primary School | Primary | 455 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Belle Vue Primary School | Primary | 426 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Robert Ferguson Primary School | Primary | 409 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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