The Lakes School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Windermere, LA23 1HW
- Distance
- 10.3km away
John Ruskin School
Lake Road, Coniston, LA21 8EW
Local ranking4th of 20 secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
230
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 52.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 25.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 48
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 18.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 242
- Boys
- 128 (53%)
- Girls
- 114 (47%)
- Capacity
- 230 (105% full)
- SEND
- 56.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.0%
- EAL
- 1.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 12.4%
- SEN Support
- 43.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,022/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.7% 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: 97.0%
- White Other: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
- Other: 0.4%
97.0%
White British
2.2%
White Other
0.4%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 112384
- UKPRN
- 10016103
- Establishment No.
- 4151
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