Energy Coast UTC, Workington

In 2026, pupils at Energy Coast UTC averaged an Attainment 8 score of 22.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 40.4 in Cumberland and 47 across England.

9% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 32% in Cumberland and 47% in England.

That is down from 24.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.6: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 19.5, against 24.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 4.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 7 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Design and Technology and Information and Communication Technology.

Across Cumberland, 95% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Cumberland lodged 68 appeals against secondary school offers; 49 reached a hearing and 22 succeeded (44.9% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Energy Coast UTC are Workington Academy (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.9); and St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington (1.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 36.8).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Energy Coast UTC.

Of the 125 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 65% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 16% to a further education college, 22% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

Of the 57 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 5% went on to university or other higher education, 51% to apprenticeships and 32% into work.

1.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Energy Coast UTC had 29 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Harrington Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Energus (near), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Energy Coast UTC stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 5 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, other theft and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Cumberland (22).

In 2024/25, Energy Coast UTC issued 138 suspensions, 35.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Energy Coast UTC are St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington (1.5 miles); Distington Community School (1.5 miles); St Mary's Catholic Primary School (1.6 miles); and Westfield Nursery and Primary School (1.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.