North West
Special 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.
Special schools in Westmorland and Furness
Sorted by name. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appletree SchoolOther independent special school | Kendal | No grade | — |
| Cairn Education CICOther independent special school | Cumbria | No grade | — |
| Cambian Whinfell SchoolOther independent special school | Kendal | No grade | — |
| Fell House SchoolOther independent special school | Grange-Over-Sands | No grade | — |
| Oversands SchoolOther independent special school | Grange-over-Sands | No grade | — |
| Sandgate SchoolCommunity special school | Kendal | Good 2023 | — |
| Sandside Lodge SchoolCommunity special school | Ulverston | Good 2024 | — |
| South Lakes AcademyOther independent special school | Kendal | No grade | — |
| SwitchED2Other independent special school | Cumbria | No grade | — |
| Underley Garden SchoolOther independent special school | Carnforth | No grade | — |