Beacon Hill Community School
Community school · 135 pupils
61% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.8
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James Rennie School
- Pupils on roll
- 217of 195 places
- Free school meals
- 34.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 9
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 12 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: James Rennie School (URN 112468, until 1 September 2018).
What the data says
Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 at James Rennie School in 2023, 0% stayed on in James Rennie School’s own sixth form (Cumberland average 37%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none 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 | James Rennie School | Cumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 8 | 2,780 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 74% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 100% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 12% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 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.
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.