North West
Secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
160 schools, 31,097 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 41.9.
Ofsted across Westmorland and Furness
Good82
Outstanding4
Requires improvement2
Inadequate1
No overall grade71
89 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 71 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth Grammar School PenrithAcademy converter | Penrith | Good 2023 | 64.8 |
| Queen Elizabeth SchoolAcademy converter | Westmorland and Furness | Good 2022 | 59.6 |
| John Ruskin SchoolCommunity school | Coniston | No grade | 52.9 |
| Kirkbie Kendal SchoolAcademy converter | Kendal | Good 2024 | 50.1 |
| The Queen Katherine SchoolAcademy converter | Kendal | No grade | 48.8 |
| Kirkby Stephen Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Kirkby Stephen | Good 2024 | 47.7 |
| Cartmel Priory CofE SchoolAcademy converter | Grange-over-Sands | Good 2022 | 47.2 |
| The Lakes SchoolCommunity school | Windermere | No grade | 46.8 |
| Ulverston Victoria High SchoolCommunity school | Ulverston | No grade | 46.8 |
| Chetwynde SchoolFree schools | Barrow-in-Furness | Good 2023 | 44.2 |
| Dallam SchoolAcademy converter | Cumbria | No grade | 44.1 |
| Settlebeck SchoolAcademy converter | Sedbergh | No grade | 44 |
| Furness AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Barrow-in-Furness | Good 2023 | 42.4 |
| Dowdales SchoolCommunity school | Dalton-in-Furness | No grade | 41.8 |
| Ullswater Community CollegeFoundation school | Penrith | Good 2023 | 41 |
| Appleby Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Appleby-in-Westmorland | No grade | 40.7 |
| Walney SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Barrow-in-Furness | No grade | 38.7 |
| Queen Elizabeth Studio SchoolStudio schools | Westmorland and Furness | Good 2022 | 37.8 |
| St Bernards Catholic High School, BarrowAcademy converter | Barrow-in-Furness | Good 2022 | 34.6 |
| Samuel King's SchoolFoundation school | Alston | Good 2022 | 30.2 |