Beacon Hill Community School
Community school · 135 pupils
61% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.8
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Richard Rose Morton Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 905of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 26.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 172
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 1 July 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Morton School (URN 112390).
What the data says
Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 at Richard Rose Morton Academy in 2023, 24% stayed on in Richard Rose Morton Academy’s own sixth form (Cumberland average 37%), 39% went to a further education college and 14% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 14% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 46% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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 | Richard Rose Morton Academy | Cumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 147 | 2,780 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 63% | 74% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 24% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 14% | 12% | 3% |
| Employment | 10% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 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
| Measure | Richard Rose Morton Academy | Cumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.4 | 42.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 32% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.65 | 3.76 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.8 | 31.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.6 | 45.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 5% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 172 | 100% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 59% |
| Mathematics | 172 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 58% |
| English Literature | 172 | 100% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 156 | 91% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 49% |
| Geography | 95 | 55% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 58% |
| History | 93 | 54% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 41% |
| Fine Art | 79 | 46% | 9% | 32% | 28% | 81% |
| Spanish | 58 | 34% | 19% | 14% | 27% | 43% |
| Physical Education | 55 | 32% | 11% | 25% | 24% | 73% |
| Statistics | 38 | 22% | 5% | 3% | 20% | 92% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 11% | 13% | 11% | 30% | 53% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 11% | 11% | 5% | 23% | 32% |
| Physics | 16 | 9% | 23% | 38% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 9% | 23% | 38% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 16 | 9% | 23% | 63% | 45% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 13 | 8% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 77% |
| Geology | 12 | 7% | 0% | 25% | 61% | 58% |
| Music | 11 | 6% | 5% | 9% | 33% | 64% |
| Polish | 6 | 3% | 1% | 83% | 84% | 100% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimedia | 73 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 28 | — | — |
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 25 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 18 | — | — |
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.