Richard Rose Morton Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Carlisle, Cumberland Council, teaching 905 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in July 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 43.4 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Richard Rose Morton Academy.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 · Inspected 1 Jul 2025 · Published 9 Sep 2025
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Richard Rose Morton Academy.

Richard Rose Morton Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day Monday 6th January 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Tuesday 7th January 2025 Inset Day
  • Start of Spring Term 2025 Wednesday 8th January 2025 Term
  • Spring Half Term 2025 Monday 17th February 2025 to Friday 21st February 2025 Holiday
  • End of Spring Term 2025 Friday 4th April 2025 Term
  • Good Friday Friday 18th April 2025 Event
  • Easter Monday Monday 21st April 2025 Holiday
  • Inset Day Tuesday 22nd April 2025 Inset Day
  • Start of Summer Term 2025 Wednesday 23rd April 2025 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday Monday 5th May 2025 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term 2025 Monday 26th May 2025 to Friday 30th May 2025 Holiday
  • End of Summer Term 2025 Friday 18th July 2025 Term
  • Inset Day Monday 1st September 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Inset Day
  • UL Planning Day Wednesday 3rd September 2025 Event
  • Start of Autumn Term 2025 Thursday 4th September 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term 2025 Monday 27th October 2025 to Friday 31st October 2025 Holiday
  • End of Autumn Term 2025 Friday 19th December 2025 Term
  • Inset Day Tuesday 6th January 2026 Inset Day
  • UL Planning Day Wednesday 7th January 2026 Event
  • Start of Spring Term 2026 Thursday 8th January 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term 2026 Monday 16th February 2026 to Friday 20th February 2026 Holiday
  • End of Spring Term 2026 Friday 27th March 2026 Term
  • UL Planning Day Monday 13th April 2026 Event
  • Start of Summer Term 2026 Tuesday 14th April 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term 2026 Monday 25th May 2026 to Friday 29th May 2026 Holiday
  • End of Summer Term 2026 Friday 17th July 2026 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Monday 22nd December 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Monday 7th April 2025 to Friday 18th April 2025 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Monday 21st July 2025 to Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Wednesday 1st January 2025 Event
  • Good Friday Friday 18th April 2025 Event
  • Easter Monday Monday 21st April 2025 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday Monday 5th May 2025 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday Monday 26th May 2025 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Monday 25th August 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Friday 26th December 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
43.4 Attainment 8 England 46.1
33.7% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
15.7% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Richard Rose Morton Academy with Cumberland Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 43.4 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Cumberland Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 43.4
Cumberland Council 42.3 England 46.1 -2.7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 33.7%
Cumberland Council 36.5% England 45.4% -11.7 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 37.8
Cumberland Council 31.5 England 34.9 +2.9 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 7.8
Cumberland Council 14.3 England 15.5 -7.7 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 28.5%
Cumberland Council 24.2% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 172
Attendance 15.7% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Cumberland Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 15.7%
Cumberland Council 16.2% England 17.8% -2.1 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 7.9%
Cumberland Council 6.5% England 6.8% +1.1 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 87% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Cumberland Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 87%
Cumberland Council 91% England 92% -5 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 69%
Cumberland Council 79% England 83% -14 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Richard Rose Morton Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Richard Rose Morton Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.