Cockermouth School

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Cockermouth School
Location
Cockermouth School
Cockermouth

Castlegate Drive
,
Cumbria
,
CA13 9HF

England
Coordinates 54°40′03″N3°21′03″W / 54.66755°N 3.35094°W / 54.66755; -3.35094
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Cumberland Council
Department for Education URN 142306 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherRichard King
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Website http://www.cockermouthschool.org/

Cockermouth School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Cockermouth in the English county of Cumbria. [1]

Contents

Previously a community school administered by Cumbria County Council, Cockermouth School converted to academy status in September 2015. However the school continues to coordinate with Cumberland Council for admissions.

History

In 1984, Derwent School and Cockermouth Grammar School merged to become Cockermouth School, a comprehensive school operating on two sites. In 1991, the former Derwent School site was expanded to accommodate all students. [2] In 2023 the School was found to have potentially unsound reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the library and the school sports hall. [3]

Programmes of Study

Cockermouth School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.

We Will initiative

The school is co-operating and following the advice given by the students in the 'We Will' initiative. These were youngsters who were failed by the local CAMHS services, who gathered together in 2018, researched the issues and started lobbying to have them addressed. [4]

Notable former pupils

Cockermouth Grammar School

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References

  1. ↑ "Cockermouth School". cockermouthschool.org.
  2. ↑ "Happy 30th birthday, Cockermouth School" (PDF). The Last Word. Cockermouth School. Spring 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Which schools have closed, shut buildings or moved over aerated concrete?". BBC News. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Tickle, Louise (12 February 2019). "Mental health: the students who helped themselves when help was too slow coming". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ Colman, Jon (7 July 2021). "Cockermouth swimmer Luke Greenbank wins bronze medal for Team GB in men's 200m backstroke at Tokyo Olympics". News & Star.
  6. ↑ "Ben Stokes: 'I hope I've cheered up Cockermouth'". Times & Star. 7 January 2016.


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