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.
🎨 ST BRIDGET’S YEAR 6 ART VISIT 🎨
We loved welcoming Year 6 pupils from St Bridget’s Primary for a creative taster session with Miss Blackburn and Miss Fell. A great chance to explore their artistic talents and experience our art department!
Looking forward to more visits soon!
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Looks like everyone had a great time.
A few more 📸 from our Year 8 STEM trip to the University of Cumbria this week.
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Teacher of Geography - West Lakes Academy, Egremont, Cumbria
Teacher of Geography - West Lakes Academy, Egremont, Cumbria
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🌟 Weekly Pastoral Round-Up 🌟
Well done everyone!
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Year 8's is missing? West Lakes Academy
Gen2 Quiet Festival of Work 🤖👷♀️
#TodayAtWLA some of our students had the amazing opportunity to visit Gen2 for the Quiet Festival of Work.
They explored a wide range of career opportunities in and around our area, and had a blast doing it!
Highlights included:
🔹 Learning how to operate a robot dog and discovering its real-world uses
🔹 Putting their minds to the test with a Tetris block balancing challenge
🔹 Chatting with inspiring employers like Cumbria Police and Morgan Sindall
Thank you to everyone at Gen2 for hosting this fantastic event! More photos to follow.
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⚽️ 🏏 🏃♀️ Here's the latest news and events from our PE department.
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🎉 Athletics Achievement Alert! 🏅
On Saturday 21st June, Molly Pater in Year 10 travelled to Middlesbrough to compete in the Inter-Counties Athletics Event, proudly representing Cumbria in the shot put!
Despite being at the bottom of her age group, Molly delivered an outstanding performance, finishing 4th overall! 🌟
A huge well done to Molly — what a fantastic achievement! We’re all incredibly proud of you! 👏👏👏
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Well done, Molly!
🔬 Year 8 STEM Trip to University of Cumbria 🧪
On Tuesday, 45 of our Year 8 students took part in an exciting STEM experience at the University of Cumbria!
The day began with a welcome in the lecture hall before students rotated through a series of hands-on workshops across the campus:
🖨️ 3D Printing – Students explored how businesses use 3D printing, examined a wide range of printed items, and worked through a task to decide the most effective printing methods for different products.
☢️ Health Physics (Sellafield Ltd) – Using real training equipment, students mapped a room for ‘contamination’ and simulated safety checks, gaining insight into careers in radiation monitoring and safety.
🩺 Medical & Science Labs – In the medical suite, students interacted with high-tech mannequins that simulated vital signs and medical scenarios. They also explored occupational therapy tools and visited a science lab filled with advanced equipment, real specimens, and 3D printed bones.
🎟️ Throughout the day, students earned tickets by asking thoughtful questions and engaging with the presenters.
The feedback from our students was really positive – our students represented the school brilliantly and came away inspired by the possibilities in STEM careers!
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✨ Year 11 Prom Night ✨
Our amazing Year 11s headed off to their Prom tonight at the Whitehaven Golf Club and they all looked absolutely amazing!
We’re so proud of everything they’ve achieved this year and hope they have the most incredible evening celebrating together. Here's to a night full of laughter, dancing, and memories that will last a lifetime! 🌟🎉
More photos to be shared tomorrow!
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What an amazing group of young people, they have been an absolute pleasure - we will miss them loads !!
You all look absolutely fabulous! Enjoy your night 🥳
Absolute stunners and stars ⭐️
Miss them already 🌹
Everyone one if them looked beautiful
Hope you all have an amazing night 🫶🏻
Have a great night year 11!!!! 🤩
Everyone looks absolutely beautiful have a lovely night .
All looked beautiful
Fabulous group of young people they'll be missed x
They all looked a million dollars!
All looked spectacular..
Wow go Lily Porter and Jack Porter love you both I am on proud cousin here proud cousin moment
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Anna Pascoe
Lynn Kelly Emma Procter Tadge Procter Stacey Carty
Kyra Preston xx
🫀Year 10 Biology: A Closer Look at the Heart🫀
🚫*Scroll past if squeamish*🚫
Our Year 10s have been learning about the circulatory system; the components of blood, the vessels it travels in and the chambers and functioning of the heart. This has culminated in a dissection practical where they got hands on, examining the different chambers of the heart, identifying the vessels that serve them and noting the structural difference between the left and right ventricles.
Miss Stott’s Year 10 class engaged in this with enthusiasm and interest, everyone worked really well and did a great job of explaining their learning and applying it to their real life observations.
Well done everyone! 👏🏻
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Well done guys! You were ace 🌟
Well done
Well done all
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