Workington Academy's new building was officially opened on Tuesday 26 September 2017 by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester.

[8] The 2018 Ofsted Report identified that the current headteacher is showing leadership, and is supported by the parents and children.

It acknowledges that some children level cannot control their behaviour in the corridors and social areas and in some cases the classroom.

Ofsted calls them 'a small disruptive minority', some teachers are targeted leading to variable quality of learning.

Students from Whitehaven Academy and Workington wanting to enter one of the three pathways of sixth-form education (Academic, Vocational and Other), will study in a combined sixthform.

The interim headteacher, Colette Macklin, promptly hit back at the claims in an interview with local newspaper News and Star.