Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| 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
- 19 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 2 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry91 applications · 64 places offered · 63 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2025 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2024 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.6
- 2023 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2022 1.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2021 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2019 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2018 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2017 1.3; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; Westmorland and Furness median median 1.7
- 2015 1.3; 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 | 64 | 91 | 1.4 | 63 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 75 | 108 | 1.4 | 82 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2024 | 68 | 84 | 1.2 | 66 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 73 | 90 | 1.2 | 73 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 64 | 86 | 1.3 | 64 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 63 | 86 | 1.4 | 63 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 73 | 1.2 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 57 | 80 | 1.4 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 51 | 73 | 1.4 | 50 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 64 | 86 | 1.3 | 64 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 62 | 89 | 1.4 | 61 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 55 | 73 | 1.3 | 55 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 61 | 80 | 1.3 | 60 | 0.98 |
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.) | 69 | 49.8 | 46% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 69 | 47.2 | 38% | 58% | – |
| 2023/24 | 71 | 46.4 | 45% | 66% | −0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 55 | 52.0 | 56% | 78% | +0.29 |
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
- Cartmel Priory CofE SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · Westmorland and FurnessGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 12.3 km · Westmorland and Furness20263.5applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 14.7 km · Lancashire20264.2applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 15.1 km · LancashireGood20231.9applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 15.9 km · Westmorland and FurnessStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 16.1 km · LancashireGood20223.0applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 18.0 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20221.7applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 18.2 km · Westmorland and FurnessGood20237.4applications per place 38.5Attainment 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
- 137338 · 943/5410
- Trust
- Cartmel Priory Church of England School Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 380 pupils · 371 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Cartmel Priory CofE School (URN 112437)
- Address
- Headless Cross, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7SA
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources