Graded inspection · Oct 2022 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry461 applications · 248 places offered · 258 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2025 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2024 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2023 2.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2022 2.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2021 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2020 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2018 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2017 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2016 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2015 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 248 | 461 | 1.9 | 258 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 247 | 490 | 2.0 | 263 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2024 | 253 | 507 | 2.0 | 269 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 250 | 567 | 2.3 | 301 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2022 | 252 | 559 | 2.2 | 313 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2021 | 254 | 536 | 2.1 | 244 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 256 | 536 | 2.1 | 291 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 | 256 | 534 | 2.1 | 264 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 | 261 | 510 | 2.0 | 265 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 242 | 428 | 1.8 | 239 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 222 | 444 | 2.0 | 236 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 | 226 | 399 | 1.8 | 224 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 | 219 | 382 | 1.7 | 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.) | 126 | 58.4 | 70% | 89% | – |
| 2024/25 | 119 | 59.6 | 69% | 92% | – |
| 2023/24 | 106 | 58.5 | 75% | 91% | +0.37 |
| 2022/23 | 126 | 57.9 | 64% | 87% | +0.43 |
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
- Queen Elizabeth SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.9applications per place 58.4Attainment 8
- 0.0 km · Westmorland and Furness202640.0Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · Westmorland and Furness20263.5applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 13.3 km · Lancashire20264.2applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 14.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 15.7 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good · concerns noted20241.6applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 17.6 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.1applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 20.1 km · LancashireGood20232.9applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 20.8 km · LancashireRequires improvement20242.8applications per place 41.1Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136357 · 943/5411
- Trust
- Lunesdale Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,228 pupils · 1,155 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2010
- Replaced
- Queen Elizabeth School (URN 112438)
- Address
- Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2HJ
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources