John Ruskin School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

247

Places

230

How full

Full — 247 pupils against 230 places

Girls / boys

114 / 133

Overall absence

6%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

13%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

12%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

1%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

12%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

44%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

98%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

76%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

18%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

18%

No sustained destination

2%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

45

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for South Lakeland 008C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

39%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

13%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

65%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

17%

England 17%

Households with no car

8%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

43%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Community school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

No

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Headteacher

Head teacher: Peter Blackburn

Local authority

Westmorland and Furness

Ward

Coniston and Hawkshead

Constituency

Westmorland and Lonsdale

URN

112384

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.