Branthwaite Academy
Two in three Year 11 leavers stay in education, below the England rate; none start an apprenticeship.
of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Cumberland 74% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023
- Ofsted
- Inspected
- Places
- —
- Pupils
- 74
- Free school meals
- 43.9%
Ofsted: Short inspection, 15 October 2024: see the report · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Cumberland’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 56 places, including the sixth form. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.
Where do pupils go at 16?
DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 9 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023
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.
Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.
Full breakdown11
| 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 do sixth-formers go at 18?
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
How do GCSE results compare?
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
What do pupils study?
Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.
DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today
Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.
GCSE subjects5
Entries 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% | — |
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:
Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.
Which jobs use what’s taught here?
A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.
Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.
Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works
More apprenticeships9
How do you get a place?
The last distance at which Branthwaite Academy offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Cumberland’s allocation statistics.
- 31 OctApply to Cumberland in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
- 1 MarNational Offer Day
- Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly to the sixth form; most close applications in these months
Compare with nearby schools
More Cumberland schools3
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.