Dowdales School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dalton-in-Furness, LA15 8AH
- Distance
- 6.7km away
Ulverston Victoria High School
Springfield Road, Ulverston, LA12 0EB
Local ranking9th of 20 secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1310
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 30 September 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 34.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 209
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 16.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 50.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
151
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.2% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 342
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1336
- Boys
- 630 (47%)
- Girls
- 706 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1310 (102% full)
- SEND
- 19.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.3%
- EAL
- 3.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,103/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.6% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 92.6%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- White Irish: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
92.6%
White British
2.5%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 112385
- UKPRN
- 10007128
- Establishment No.
- 4152
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