Living in Workington with children
Workington, Cumberland. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 21,276 people in 10,083 households; 25.2% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
20 schools: 16 state primary, 3 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegeWorkington on the schools map →Every school in Workington, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (16)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 27% (30/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Derwent Vale Primary and Nursery School | Standards maintained | Top 31% (34/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Beckstone Primary School | Good | Top 34% (38/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Westfield Nursery and Primary School | Good | Top 35% (39/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Ashfield Junior School | Requires improvement | Top 38% (42/113) in Cumberland | — |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (64/113) in Cumberland | — |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Workington | Standards maintained | (78/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Dean CofE School | Good | (84/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Seaton St. Paul's CofE Junior School | School remains Good | (91/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Northside Primary School | Good | (105/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Victoria Junior School | Requires improvement | (106/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Distington Community School | Good | (112/113) in Cumberland | — |
| Ashfield Infant & Nursery School | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) | — | — |
| Seaton Academy | Requires improvement | — | — |
| St Michael's Nursery and Infant School | Standards maintained | — | — |
| Victoria Infant and Nursery School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workington Academy | Good | (11/19) in Cumberland | — |
| St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington | Requires improvement | (17/19) in Cumberland | — |
| Energy Coast UTC | Good | (19/19) in Cumberland | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakes College - West Cumbria | Good | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (33 detached, 79 semi-detached, 138 terraced, 10 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Workington. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Workington →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 72% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 1,131 postcodes in CA14. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 5 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 6 in Cumberland.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Cumberland
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Cumberland.
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