West Lakes Academy in Egremont, Cumbria, provides education to children from 11 to 18 years old. We opened in September 2008 and moved into our brand new building in March 2012. As an academy, we are independently governed but state funded and free to all children. Like other schools, we are subject to normal OFSTED inspections and work with the Local Education Authority in relation to issues such as admissions. 

Our vision is to succeed in ‘Changing Lives through Learning’ by providing the very best possible educational opportunities for young people in West Cumbria. We have extremely high hopes for all of our students and our highly skilled and enthusiastic members of staff encourage children to have high ambitions and to work hard to achieve these.

Students and staff benefit from fantastic facilities, outstanding IT resources, a £300k engineering facility, performing and expressive arts suite and an eco-science lab in our brilliant £26m building. All this makes West Lakes Academy one of the best possible places in which to study. Our excellent environment helps keep motivation and morale high and allows us to deliver modern approaches to learning using the latest technologies.

ACADEMY CORE AIMS

The academy will:

• Significantly raise educational standards above local and national levels.
• Raise student aspirations and launch them into further and higher education or onto career paths that will realise their full potential and exceed expectations.
• Promote and nurture community cohesion.
• Involve and work in collaboration with key stakeholders, partners and the community.
• Ensure that key stakeholder groups are represented on the Board of Governors, including parents/carers, staff and the local authority.
• Ensure that members of the academy staff and all those who contribute to academy activities are positive role models for students.
• Provide a programme of high continual quality professional development (CPD) and training for all members of staff to underpin and sustain improvements in the core functions of the academy.

OUR VALUES

Chosen by West Lakes Academy students: 

      RESPECT                     RESILIENCE                      APPRECIATION                     FREEDOM                     ACHIEVEMENT