Samuel King's School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

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

113

Places

235

How full

48% full — 113 of 235 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

58 / 55

Overall absence

12%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

32%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years

29%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

0%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

6%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

23%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

89%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

63%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

16%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

16%

No sustained destination

11%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

19

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 Eden 001A, 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

31%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

17%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

71%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

12%

England 17%

Households with no car

14%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

43%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Foundation school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

No

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Headteacher

Headteacher: Rob Dawson

Local authority

Westmorland and Furness

Ward

Alston and Fellside

Constituency

Penrith and Solway

URN

112378

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

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.