This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.
The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.
It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.
Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.
Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.
In the GCSE columns:
- the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
- the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.
| SORT BY NAME | SORT BY GCSE (%) | SORT BY SCORE |
| Institution | Old | New | VA | A/AS |
| Casterton School (IND, SEL) | 100 | 100 | 1087 | 428.2 |
| Sedbergh School (IND, SEL) | 90 | 76 | 1051.3 | 338.2 |
| St Bees School (IND, SEL) | 81 | 68 | 1039.8 | 382.9 |
| Windermere St Anne's School (IND, SEL) | 82 | 72 | 1038.3 | 304.6 |
| Queen Elizabeth School | 82 | 70 | 1032.9 | 358.6 |
| Keswick School | 82 | 65 | 1028.3 | 314.9 |
| Lochinvar School | 55 | 39 | 1026.8 | NA |
| Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (SEL) | 93 | 88 | 1025.3 | 376.6 |
| Austin Friars St Monica's (IND) | 84 | 70 | 1014 | 398.9 |
| Nelson Thomlinson School, The | 64 | 60 | 1009.5 | 331.9 |
| Kirkby Stephen Grammar School Sports College | 57 | 41 | 1008.4 | 230.8 |
| Cockermouth School | 65 | 59 | 1004.4 | 318 |
| William Howard School | 66 | 52 | 1004.1 | 288.1 |
| St Bernard's Catholic High School | 75 | 53 | 1002.8 | NA |
| Appleby Grammar School | 60 | 44 | 1000.9 | 258.7 |
| Lakes School, The | 65 | 56 | 999.2 | 258.5 |
| Cartmel Priory CofE School | 58 | 47 | 998.5 | NA |
| Walney School | 55 | 29 | 997.8 | NA |
| Queen Katherine School, The | 66 | 60 | 996.3 | 332.2 |
| Caldew School | 56 | 50 | 994.7 | 308.4 |
| Solway Community Technology College | 37 | 26 | 994.7 | NA |
| Dowdales School | 58 | 42 | 992.1 | NA |
| St Joseph's Catholic High School, Business & Enterprise College | 71 | 44 | 990.8 | NA |
| Millom School | 54 | 42 | 989.9 | 257.4 |
| Southfield Technology College | 53 | 18 | 988 | 225.4 |
| Ulverston Victoria High School | 63 | 50 | 986.2 | 249 |
| Dallam School | 59 | 47 | 982 | 250.5 |
| Trinity School | 59 | 50 | 980.9 | 276.4 |
| Whitehaven School | 50 | 31 | 980.9 | 217 |
| Settlebeck High School | 65 | 57 | 980.8 | NA |
| Kirkbie Kendal School | 59 | 53 | 980.4 | 241.8 |
| St Benedict's Catholic High School | 56 | 47 | 970.4 | 255.4 |
| Thorncliffe School | 41 | 34 | 967.8 | NA |
| Ullswater Community College | 40 | 32 | 962.6 | 273.4 |
| St Aidan's County High School Specialist Sports College | 45 | 30 | 961.4 | 224 |
| Stainburn School & Science College | 49 | 38 | 961.3 | 225.4 |
| Wyndham School | 43 | 37 | 959 | 302 |
| Parkview School | 39 | 31 | 956.9 | NA |
| Beacon Hill Community School | 20 | 10 | 956.5 | NA |
| North Cumbria Technology College | 38 | 31 | 954.3 | 136 |
| John Ruskin School, The | 55 | 40 | 950.8 | NA |
| Ehenside Community School | 22 | 19 | 949.2 | NA |
| Netherhall School | 31 | 21 | 947.5 | 197.4 |
| Morton School, The | 50 | 34 | 947.2 | 40 |
| Alfred Barrow School, The | 16 | 9 | 927.8 | NA |
| Newman Catholic School | 32 | 20 | 926 | 284 |
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