Graded inspection · May 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 |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry48 applications · 32 places offered · 32 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2025 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2024 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2023 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2022 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2020 2.0; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2018 1.5; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2017 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2016 1.8; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2015 1.7; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 32 | 48 | 1.5 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 33 | 49 | 1.5 | 33 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 37 | 67 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 39 | 65 | 1.7 | 42 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2022 | 33 | 53 | 1.6 | 30 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 37 | 59 | 1.6 | 36 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 26 | 53 | 2.0 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 40 | 51 | 1.3 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 45 | 69 | 1.5 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 33 | 57 | 1.7 | 33 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 25 | 46 | 1.8 | 26 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2015 | 26 | 45 | 1.7 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 22 | 29 | 1.3 | 22 | 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.) | 39 | 45.7 | 46% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 34 | 44.0 | 44% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 44 | 47.8 | 43% | 71% | +0.45 |
| 2022/23 | 45 | 50.2 | 51% | 76% | +0.36 |
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
- Settlebeck SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 14.1 km · Westmorland and Furness20262.1applications per place 49.3Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · Westmorland and FurnessRemains Good · concerns noted20241.6applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 14.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20221.9applications per place 58.4Attainment 8
- 14.5 km · Westmorland and Furness202640.0Attainment 8
- 19.3 km · Westmorland and Furness20263.5applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 20.1 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20241.4applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 26.9 km · Lancashire20264.2applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 27.2 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
- 137269 · 943/4060
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 220 pupils · 203 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Settlebeck High School (URN 112380)
- Address
- Long Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AL
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources