John Ruskin School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Coniston, LA21 8EW
- Distance
- 10.3km away
The Lakes School
Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, LA23 1HW
Local ranking12th of 20 secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
851
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 November 2019. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 76
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 41.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 41.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
19
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 45.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 56
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 439
- Boys
- 239 (54%)
- Girls
- 206 (46%)
- Capacity
- 851 (52% full)
- SEND
- 14.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.1%
- EAL
- 11.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 9.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,896/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.8%
- White Other: 9.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.2%
- Black Caribbean: 0.2%
85.8%
White British
9.6%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Troutbeck Bridge
Windermere, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112379
- UKPRN
- 10006731
- Establishment No.
- 4056
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