Richard Rose Morton Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Cumberland
Wigton Road, Carlisle, CA2 6LB
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 01/07/2025
Application demand
93%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
15.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
905
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
93%
1st preference success rate
195 of 209 families who put it first got an offer
200
Places offered
306
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 209 | 195 | ● 93% |
| 2nd preference | 58 | 5 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 39 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 306 | 200 | 65% |
1st preference success by year
Cumberland lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Michael McClelland
- Address
- Wigton Road, Carlisle, CA2 6LB
- Phone
- 01228822644
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Ward / constituency
- Yewdale · Carlisle
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 135620
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 26% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
905 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
01 July 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 905 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.06 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 36% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 57% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.70 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | — | — | — |
Average grade: NE (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 33.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 52.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 32% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.65 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 172 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 172 | 10% | 40% | 58% | |
| English Language | 172 | 9% | 36% | 59% | |
| English Literature | 172 | 9% | 41% | 60% | |
| Combined Science | 156 | 6% | 29% | 49% | |
| Geography | 95 | 14% | 47% | 58% | |
| History | 93 | 17% | 35% | 41% | |
| Art and Design | 79 | 32% | 67% | 81% | |
| Spanish | 58 | 14% | 33% | 43% | |
| Physical Education | 55 | 25% | 56% | 73% | |
| Statistics | 38 | 3% | 55% | 92% | |
| Computer Science | 19 | 11% | 42% | 53% | |
| Design & Technology | 19 | 5% | 21% | 32% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Cumberland council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.