The Whitehaven Academy
Cleator Moor Road, Whitehaven, CA28 8TY
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Not published
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 859 (447 boys, 412 girls)
- Capacity: 1465
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 28.5%
- Telephone: 01946595400
- Ofsted: Good (23 May 2023)
- Attainment 8: 43 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 356 applications, 170 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
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