Beacon Hill Community School
Community school · 135 pupils
61% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.8
Free schools special
Branthwaite Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 74of 56 places
- Free school meals
- 43.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 2
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 15 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Branthwaite Academy in 2023, 11% stayed on in Branthwaite Academy’s own sixth form (Cumberland average 37%), 22% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
22% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 11% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cumberland and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Branthwaite Academy | Cumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 2,780 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 78% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 67% | 74% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 11% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 33% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 12% | 3% |
| Employment | 11% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 22% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 1 | 50% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| English Literature | 1 | 50% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| History | 1 | 50% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Mathematics | 1 | 50% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Combined Science | 1 | 50% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
Other secondary schools in Cumberland
Caldew School
Academy converter · sixth form · 990 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.3
Cockermouth School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,254 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9
Energy Coast UTC
University technical college · sixth form · 383 pupils
61% stayed in education · Attainment 8 24.2
Keswick School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,208 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.1
Millom School
Community school · sixth form · 476 pupils
48% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.