Chetwynde School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 0NY
- Distance
- 3.3km away
Dowdales School
Dalton-in-Furness, LA15 8AH
Local ranking15th of 20 secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 26.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 20.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 150
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 18.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 827
- Boys
- 414 (50%)
- Girls
- 413 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (79% full)
- SEND
- 24.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.2%
- EAL
- 2.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 19.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,408/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.9% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- White Other: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Other: 0.4%
92.8%
White British
2.1%
Mixed White & Asian
1.3%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Dalton-in-Furness, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112383
- UKPRN
- 10015410
- Establishment No.
- 4150
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Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
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- Distance
- 3.5km away
Furness Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
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- Distance
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Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
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- Distance
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Walney School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F34
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
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- Distance
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Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
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- Distance
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