Branthwaite Academy
Special schoolBranthwaite Academy is a special school in Cumberland, for pupils aged 4 to 19. It had 74 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Branthwaite Academy was 1.0, against 40.8 in Cumberland and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Cumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Cumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 1.0 | 40.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 33.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 54.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 10 | – | – |
- Branthwaite Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Energy Coast UTCSecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 22.5 (2025/26, provisional)730 m
- Lakes College - West CumbriaSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.7 km
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, WorkingtonPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
- Westfield Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)2 km
- West Cumbria Learning CentrePupil referral and alternative provision. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cumberland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).