West Lakes Academy is a vibrant 11-18 secondary school nestled in the western edge of the picturesque Lake District of Cumbria, serving a dynamic community of 1,200 students. Since opening in September 2008 and moving into our state-of-the-art £26m building in 2012, we have been committed to delivering the highest quality education in an environment that inspires success.
Our vision is to succeed in ‘Changing Lives through Learning’ by providing the very best possible educational opportunities for young people in West Cumbria. We have extremely high hopes for all of our students and our highly skilled and enthusiastic members of staff encourage children to have high ambitions and to work hard to achieve these.
Mr Stephen Grant
West Lakes Academy is committed to the creation of a fully inclusive, aspirational, high achieving Centre of Excellence, firmly rooted in the local community. Our vision is to succeed in ‘Changing Lives through Learning’ by providing the very best possible educational opportunities for young people in West Cumbria.
Changing Lives Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust with Sponsor Status and is a not for profit charity which sponsors primary and secondary academies.
PE NEWS AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
Latest news and information from our PE department.
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📚 This morning, we welcomed our Year 13 volunteers into the Paired Reading scheme.
They’ll be working alongside Year 12 and Year 8 students, supporting younger readers and serving as inspiring role models across the academy.
A brilliant example of leadership, literacy, and community in action. 💙
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Thank you for your support and encouragement. We really appreciated the opportunity to share our vision and plans with you.Today myself and Cllr Sam Pollen visited West Lakes Academy, where we met with the new Headmaster, Stephen Grant.
We were really impressed with Mr Grant, the staff team and all the pupils – all the students were well behaved and focused in their classes, which was fantastic to see.
What stood out most was the school’s ambition. They are not shying away from their recent Ofsted inspection, but instead are determined to turn things around quickly and positively.
More importantly, we discussed how the school can play an even bigger role within our community – and how we can all support the school. Strong links between the school and the town are vital for the future of our kids and for Egremont as a whole. The school is in the heart of the town and many of us will remember when it was in the heart of the community too.
A big thank you to Mr Grant and the team at West Lakes Academy for welcoming us today. We're looking forward to working with the school.
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🍲 Food Technology in Action! 🍲
Here are some photos from our Food Technology practical lessons with Years 7, 8, and 9 this week. The students have been making vegetable soup, minestrone, and leek and potato soup. It’s been great seeing them get hands-on in the kitchen!
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📖 English Rising Stars ✨
At the end of a fantastic second week back, the English department would like to congratulate their first set of Rising Stars. Well done everyone for a really positive start to the new academic year.
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🎨 Back to School in the Art Department! 🖌️
It’s been a fantastic start to the term, with students diving straight into creative projects across all year groups!
🌿 Year 7 have been exploring the theme ‘From the Ground’, creating beautiful prints using natural objects; leaves, twigs, and textures found in nature.
🦎 Year 8 are unleashing their imaginations in ‘Creatures’, experimenting with dry printing techniques to bring their mythical beasts and wild animals to life.
💀 Year 9 are getting technical with ‘Anatomy’, developing their tonal drawing skills through detailed studies of skulls, challenging but impressive work already emerging!
📸 Year 10 photography students are manipulating landscapes in exciting ways, learning how to transform everyday scenes into striking visual narratives.
We’re so proud of the energy and creativity on display already. Here's to an inspiring term ahead!
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🎨 Artists of the Week 🎉
• Misha B
• Thea Clements
• Layla Stewart
• Demi Gorman
• Maja Jedrezejczyk
• Georgiana Popa
👏 Well done to all our amazing artists! Chosen by the art department for outstanding creativity and effort.
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📣 Student Shoutout 📣
🌟 Huge congratulations to Bethany Mitchell (Year 10), who achieved the most merits out of all students in the academy yesterday! 🌟
This is an incredible achievement, and we are so proud of her. Well done, Bethany! 👏✨
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Yesterday, our sixth formers surprised Mr Grant for his birthday. They bought him a cake and some sweets, made him a card, and he joined them in the common room to enjoy it together.
A lovely way to celebrate! 🎂
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📚✨ Yesterday we launched our brand-new Paired Reading sessions, where some of our Year 12 students are teaming up with Year 8s to support and encourage their reading.
It was fantastic to see the older students acting as positive role models, helping to build confidence, fluency, and a real enjoyment of reading in our younger learners.
The Year 8s found the session really beneficial, and we loved watching those cross-year connections start to grow.
These sessions will now run every Monday and Thursday in the library.
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