Richard Rose Morton Academy
Wigton Road, Carlisle, CA2 6LB
905 pupils · 101% of 900 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 July 2025, published 9 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.4 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 33.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 52.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 32% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.06 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 171 | 181 | 272 | 171 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 200 | 209 | 306 | 200 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 179 | 187 | 276 | 179 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 171 | 200 | 293 | 171 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 171 | 210 | 293 | 171 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 171 | 204 | 299 | 171 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 179 | 217 | 309 | 179 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 180 | 188 | 277 | 180 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Trinity School 3.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Richard Rose Central Academy 3.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Caldew School 4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St John Henry Newman Catholic School 5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- The Nelson Thomlinson School 13.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- William Howard School 16.3 km · Standards maintained (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.