Richard Rose Morton Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Wigton Road
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA2 6LB
Phone 01228822644
Reference Number 135620

General Makeup

Number of pupils 894
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.01%
Girls: 47.99%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 26.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 89 97 186
8 92 89 181
9 89 87 176
10 93 84 177
11 102 72 174
12 Unknown Unknown Unknown
13 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.4%
White, Other 3.7%
Unclassified 0.8%
African 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.2%
White & Asian 0.2%
Mixed, Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
Last Inspection Date 2023-01-17
Date Description Report
2022-11-15 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-10-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-10-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-05-13 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-01-28 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-10-09 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-06-17 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-03-07 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-11-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-11-27 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2012-09-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-03-27 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2011-11-15 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-10-13 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-11-18 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
43.3 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 35.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 52.9% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
0.03 Unlock Unlock

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 51 6
Third Preference 37 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Newlaithes Infant School
Langrigg Road, Newlaithes Nursery & Infant School, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 6DX
0.38 miles
Newlaithes Junior School
Langrigg Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 6DX
0.44 miles
Yewdale School
Yewdale Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7SD
0.66 miles
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Strathclyde Avenue, St Bede's RC Primary School, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7DS
0.81 miles
Belle Vue Primary School
Beaver Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7PT
0.9 miles
Newtown Primary School
Newtown Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7LW
0.97 miles
Cummersdale School
Cummersdale, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 6BD
1.08 miles
Caldew Lea School
Ashley Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7BE
1.19 miles
Robert Ferguson Primary School
East Dale Street, Denton Holme, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 5LA
1.3 miles
The Bishop Harvey Goodwin School (Church of England Voluntary Aided)
Harold Street, Currock, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 4HG
1.85 miles
Progress Schools - Carlisle
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1.88 miles
St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School, Carlisle
Kirklands Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 4JD
1.93 miles
Upperby Primary School
Uldale Road, Upperby, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 4JT
2.03 miles
Brook Street Primary School
Edward Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2JB
2.08 miles
Norman Street Primary School
Norman Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2BQ
2.21 miles
Stanwix School
CHURCH STREET, STANWIX, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA, CA3 9DW
2.23 miles
St Michael's CofE Primary School
Dalston, St. Michael's C.E. Primary School, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA5 7LN
2.61 miles
Petteril Bank School
Burnett Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 3BX
2.63 miles
Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School
Hether Drive, Lowry Hill, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 0ES
2.65 miles
Kingmoor Junior School
Liddle Close, Lowry Hill, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 0DU
2.69 miles
Name Distance
Trinity School
Strand Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 1JB
1.95 miles
Austin Friars
Etterby Scaur, Carlisle, CA3 9PB
1.99 miles
Richard Rose Central Academy
Victoria Place, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 1LY
2.2 miles
Caldew School
Dalston, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA5 7NN
2.48 miles
St John Henry Newman Catholic School
Scalegate Road, Carlisle, CA2 4NL
3.09 miles
James Rennie School
California Road, Kingstown, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 0BU
3.23 miles
Lime House School
Holm Hill, Carlisle, CA5 7BX
4.53 miles
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