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Progress Schools - Carlisle

Mixed · ages 13–16Cumberland, North West · Carlisle CA1 1EJSchool website
Pupils on roll
9of 40 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
7
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Progress Schools - Carlisle’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Progress Schools - Carlisle is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 4.6, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureProgress Schools - CarlisleCumberlandEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)4.642.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%37%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%58%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%32%41%
EBacc average point score0.193.764.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort24%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.850.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language5%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language686%89%0%20%0%
Mathematics686%88%0%22%0%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies1

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.