Dowdales School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dalton-in-Furness, LA15 8AH
- Distance
- 8.2km away
Millom School
Salthouse Road, Millom, LA18 5AB
Local ranking11th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
775
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 23 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 94
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 30.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 36.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 29.0%
- Employment
- 29.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
20.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
9
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 22
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 469
- Boys
- 233 (49%)
- Girls
- 243 (51%)
- Capacity
- 775 (61% full)
- SEND
- 10.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.6%
- EAL
- 1.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 6.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,077/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
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.6% 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
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- White British: 96.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Asian Chinese: 0.9%
- White Other: 0.4%
- White Irish: 0.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.2%
96.1%
White British
0.9%
Mixed White & Asian
0.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Salthouse Road
Millom, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 112388
- UKPRN
- 10004369
- Establishment No.
- 4204
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