Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
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 |
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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 entry227 applications · 158 places offered · 175 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2025 1.6; 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 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2021 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2018 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2017 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2016 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2015 2.2; 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
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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 | 158 | 227 | 1.4 | 175 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2025 | 153 | 241 | 1.6 | 173 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2024 | 158 | 231 | 1.5 | 179 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 160 | 237 | 1.5 | 185 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2022 | 159 | 271 | 1.7 | 219 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2021 | 159 | 328 | 2.1 | 271 | 1.70 |
| Sep 2020 | 159 | 256 | 1.6 | 206 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2019 | 156 | 262 | 1.7 | 194 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2018 | 149 | 258 | 1.7 | 195 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2017 | 128 | 273 | 2.1 | 186 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2016 | 128 | 244 | 1.9 | 153 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 | 126 | 273 | 2.2 | 204 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2014 | 120 | 196 | 1.6 | 143 | 1.19 |
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.) | 158 | 65.2 | 85% | 94% | – |
| 2024/25 | 160 | 64.8 | 88% | 96% | – |
| 2023/24 | 161 | 65.0 | 92% | 99% | +0.35 |
| 2022/23 | 158 | 64.1 | 90% | 99% | +0.45 |
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 Grammar School PenrithThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place 65.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20231.8applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 19.0 km · Westmorland and Furness20261.4applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 25.2 km · CumberlandGood20222.6applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 25.7 km · CumberlandOutstanding20241.9applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 26.5 km · CumberlandGood20222.2applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 26.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20221.1applications per place 30.2Attainment 8
- 28.3 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 28.4 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136732 · 943/5401
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,065 pupils · 1,026 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2011
- Replaced
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (URN 112428)
- Address
- Ullswater Road, Penrith, CA11 7EG
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources