West Cumbria Learning Centre
Special / other · Workington · CA14 4PJ
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 28 June 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
50 pupils
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Age range
- 7–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 62% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 69.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 30.4% of pupils
- URN
- 112096
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 8 December 2021: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 24 November 2015: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.