Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Westmorland and FurnessSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 26 April 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry107 applications · 76 places offered · 76 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2025 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2024 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2023 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2022 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2021 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2020 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2018 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2017 1.9; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2016 2.1; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2015 1.6; 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 | 76 | 107 | 1.4 | 76 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 96 | 1.6 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 76 | 107 | 1.4 | 76 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 53 | 81 | 1.5 | 51 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 49 | 90 | 1.8 | 47 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 112 | 1.9 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 52 | 93 | 1.8 | 49 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 52 | 89 | 1.7 | 46 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 62 | 117 | 1.9 | 61 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 62 | 116 | 1.9 | 58 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 62 | 127 | 2.1 | 60 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 87 | 135 | 1.6 | 80 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 74 | 128 | 1.7 | 72 | 0.97 |
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.) | 62 | 40.7 | 34% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 61 | 40.7 | 30% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 59 | 45.5 | 49% | 70% | +0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 78 | 40.8 | 32% | 58% | −0.15 |
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
- Appleby Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 15.3 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20241.4applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 18.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20231.8applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 19.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20231.4applications per place 65.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 25.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good20221.1applications per place 30.2Attainment 8
- 29.1 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 31.3 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.1applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 33.6 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good · concerns noted20241.6applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 34.9 km · Westmorland and FurnessStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 42.1Attainment 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
- 137251 · 943/5407
- Trust
- Appleby Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 357 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Appleby Grammar School (URN 112434)
- Address
- Battlebarrow, Appleby-in-Westmorland, CA16 6XU
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources