West Lakes Academy KS4 (end of secondary school) results
KS4 Performance
Academic year 2025/2026
We are not able to calculate Progress 8 scores for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26. This is because there is no KS2 assessment data available to calculate the baseline for Progress 8 for these years due to Covid-19 disruption.
Attainment measures show how pupils have performed in tests and assessments but do not take pupils’ starting points into account.
WLA Attainment 8 score is 39.64
- The local authority (Cumberland) average score for state-funded schools is 40.8
- The average score for all state-funded schools in England is 46.2
WLA Percentage of pupils who achieved Grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths is 32.1%.
- The local authority (Cumberland) average score for state-funded schools is 33.5%
- The average score for all state-funded schools in England is 46.3%
WLA Percentage of pupils entering for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is 26.4%
- The local authority (Cumberland) average score for state-funded schools is 36.2%
- The average score for all state-funded schools in England is 40.5%
WLA Percentage of students staying in education or employment after key stage 4 is 90% (January 2026)
- The average score for all state-funded schools in England is 91.3%
KS5 Performance
Academic year 2025/2026
Attainment
This does not include English and Maths progress measures, as we would need to use grades achieved between January 2020 and August 2021 to do this which are not available due to Covid.
| A Level | Academic | Applied | |
| Average Points | 30.13 | 30.28 | 29.30 |
| School / college | C= | C= | Merit+ |
| Cumberland state-funded schools / colleges* | *note 1 | *note 1 | *note 1 |
| England all schools / colleges* | *note 1 | *note 1 | *note 1 |
Retention on main study programmes
A Level 69 students
Academic 69 students
Applied General 50 students
Destinations
Students progressing to education or employment *note 1
The average score for all state-funded schools in England is *note 1
Government Performance Measures
https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/135632/west-lakes-academy
*Note 1
Local and average for all England data is not yet available on the Government website above. This will be updated as soon as this data becomes available. Data in this table has been taken from SISRA Analytics for exam cohort 2026.
