Graded inspection · Sep 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Westmorland and FurnessSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 30 September 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 21 September 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry248 applications · 160 places offered · 157 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2025 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2024 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2023 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2022 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2018 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2017 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2016 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2015 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2014 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- This school
- Westmorland and Furness median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 160 | 248 | 1.6 | 157 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 179 | 295 | 1.7 | 196 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2024 | 175 | 256 | 1.5 | 173 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 180 | 261 | 1.5 | 179 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 207 | 281 | 1.4 | 205 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 207 | 331 | 1.6 | 202 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 216 | 346 | 1.6 | 240 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 202 | 294 | 1.5 | 198 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 213 | 355 | 1.7 | 214 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 217 | 348 | 1.6 | 217 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 224 | 350 | 1.6 | 225 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 204 | 350 | 1.7 | 203 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 218 | 337 | 1.6 | 218 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 212 | 48.3 | 44% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 209 | 46.8 | 37% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 194 | 48.8 | 45% | 75% | −0.11 |
| 2022/23 | 214 | 51.2 | 51% | 71% | +0.12 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ulverston Victoria High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Westmorland and FurnessStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · Westmorland and Furness20261.4applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20221.7applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20237.4applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20231.6applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 11.7 km · Cumberland20261.2applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 14.2 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 19.9 km · Westmorland and FurnessImproved significantly20251.9applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 112385 · 943/4152
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,310 pupils · 1,319 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Springfield Road, Ulverston, LA12 0EB
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources