Samuel King's School
Church Road, Alston, CA9 3QU
Local ranking15th of 22 secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
235
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 30.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 23.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 30.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 15.4%
- EBacc APS
- 2.4
- Cohort Size
- 13
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 16.0%
- Employment
- 11.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 107
- Boys
- 54 (50%)
- Girls
- 53 (50%)
- Capacity
- 235 (46% full)
- SEND
- 29.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.0%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.6%
- SEN Support
- 23.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 10.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £11,064/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 95.9%
- White Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Other: 1.0%
95.9%
White British
1.0%
White Other
1.0%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 112378
- UKPRN
- 10017461
- Establishment No.
- 4011