St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Cumberland council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Cumberland's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 124 families put this school as their first choice, and 118 places were offered. 118 of the families who put it first got a place (95%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 30 June 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Needs attention

Achievement

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 28 November 2023. Overall: Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

539 (capacity 615)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Lancaster

Academy trust

MATER CHRISTI MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01900873290

Address

Harrington Road, Workington, CA14 3EE

Website

sjchs.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports