The Queen Katherine School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Kendal, LA9 6PJ
- Distance
- 14.1km away
Settlebeck School
Long Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AL
Local ranking5th of 20 secondary schools in Westmorland and Furness
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
220
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 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
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 23.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 34
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 16.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 203
- Boys
- 104 (51%)
- Girls
- 99 (49%)
- Capacity
- 220 (92% full)
- SEND
- 33.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.3%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 18.7%
- SEN Support
- 14.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,972/yr
*Financial data not available for 2024-25 — showing 2023-24
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 95.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- White Other: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
95.0%
White British
2.5%
Mixed White & Asian
1.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Long Lane
Sedbergh, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 137269
- UKPRN
- 10034745
- Establishment No.
- 4060
- Trust
- CHANGING LIVES LEARNING TRUST
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